Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Preferred term

Zika Virus Infection  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A viral disease transmitted by the bite of AEDES mosquitoes infected with ZIKA VIRUS. Its mild DENGUE-like symptoms include fever, rash, headaches and ARTHRALGIA. The viral infection during pregnancy, in rare cases, is associated with congenital brain and ocular abnormalities, called Congenital Zika Syndrome, including MICROCEPHALY and may also lead to GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME.

Entry terms

  • Fever, Zika
  • Zika Fever
  • Zika Virus Disease
  • ZikV Infection

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-GKW1XCFR-G

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/26/16, last modified 6/10/19