NEET PG Medical – 2020 – Question – 79
Vector for zika virus is –
a) Aedes
b) Culex
c) Anopheles
d) None of these
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Correct Answer – A
Ans: A. Aedes
Zika virus disease is caused by the Zika virus, which is spread to people primarily through the bite of an infected mosquito (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus). The virus can also be transmitted through sex.
These are the same mosquitoes that spread dengue and chikungunya viruses.
A mosquito gets infected with a virus when it bites an infected person during the period of time when the virus can be found in the person’s blood, typically only through the first week of infection.
Medical Microbiology and Immunology 14/e-pg;395
