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What Happens If You Get a Zika Virus
- Subjects: Parasitology
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- Contributor:
- Marwa Omar
- Zika virus
- Infection
- Marwa Omar
- LSHTM
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This video is adapted from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzW6jCE1nQc
So what happens when you get bitten by a mosquito and get infected? The virus obviously enters the body and replicates, but for some unknown reason, despite it doing that, only a small proportion, roughly one-fifth or 20%, go on to develop illness. What are the symptoms? The symptoms are varied, but one of the most common is joint pain and a skin rash. What are the complications of having the virus? Some more serious ones, including that which occurs during pregnancy, where the virus invades the developing foetus and causes, particularly, brain damage, but it also seems to be able to set off the Guillain-Barré syndrome.
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Omar, M. What Happens If You Get a Zika Virus. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/1813 (accessed on 17 May 2026).
Omar M. What Happens If You Get a Zika Virus. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/1813. Accessed May 17, 2026.
Omar, Marwa. "What Happens If You Get a Zika Virus" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/video/1813 (accessed May 17, 2026).
Omar, M. (2026, May 11). What Happens If You Get a Zika Virus. In Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/video/1813
Omar, Marwa. "What Happens If You Get a Zika Virus." Encyclopedia. Web. 11 May, 2026.
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