c228 Task 2.docx C228 Zika Virus Task 2C228 College of Health Prof

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c228 Task 2.docx C228 Zika Virus Task 2C228 College of Health Professions, Western Governors University International Outbreak A. Zika Virus is the cause of Zika fever, whic... h is a mosquito-borne viral disease. The virus was originally discovered in Uganda in monkeys. The first large outbreak caused by the Zika virus was started at the island of YAP in 2007 and moved to south east Asia. B. Description of a chosen specific international outbreak Includes: ï‚· Zika Virus ï‚·The Countries involved were Uganda, Federate states of Micronesia aka. Islands of YAP, Asia, Africa, French Polynesia, South America, and North America. ï‚· The date the outbreak was discovered was in 2007 in the Island of Yap. ï‚· The first human case of the Zika Virus was discovered in Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania in 1952. In between 1969 and 1983 it seem to have expand to Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Show More]

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