The mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) is one of the most feared vi...

Question

The mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) is one of the most feared viruses for pregnant women. Recent statistics justify this fear: Infants born to mothers infected with ZIKV during pregnancy face a risk of up to 42 percent of developing birth defects, including microcephaly (an abnormally small head and decreased brain volume). What do we know about how ZIKV causes damage to the developing brain?

Traveling and tourism have been badly affected in ZIKV-affected countries. What advice would you give a friend planning a trip to the Caribbean?

Accepted Answer

Hello everyone. And in today's video we have the following problem. So which of the following statements about the sika virus is true. So let's go over these statements. But before we do that. Let me just quickly remind you of a certain fact about Zika virus And it is the Zika virus uses the 80s mosquitoes as vectors. And remember that that a vector is used a certain animal or medium that is used to transmit a virus or a certain disease. And they can cause a wide range of diseases in humans. So now that we know this, let's go over answer choices so that we can solve this question. Beginning my answer choice A It is primarily transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected eighties species mosquito as we saw here, certain mosquitoes such as are able to transmit this virus. So this is actually a correct statement and we will not cancel it out. Then we have answer choice B. It can be transmitted from pregnant women to her developing baby and see its infection can cause congenital birth defects. And we're going to analyze this together because the zika virus is able to just cause microcephaly in these pregnant women and their babies. And this is a very serious birth defect that is going to affect the health of the baby. But it also causes certain eye defects on the newborn. So Zika virus is very serious in the sense so these two statements are actually correct and then we have answer choice D all of the above. Now, since we were not able to cancel out any of our previous answer choices, we're going to select answer choice C All of the above as the final answer to our question. I really hope this video helped you, and I hope to see you on the next one.

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