Zika virus disease is caused by a virus transmitted primarily by Ades mosquitoes , which bite during the day .
Symptoms are generally mild and include fever Rash conjuctivities muscle and joint pain muscle or headache most people with zika virus infected do not developed symptoms . Symptoms can last for several days a week people usually do not get enough sick to go to the hospital and they very rarely die of Zika . Once a person has been inflicted with Zika , they are likely to be protected from future infections .
Zika can passed from a pregnant woman to her fetus . Infection during pregnancy can cause certain birth defects .
It can spread in many ways like :
# through mosquito bites .
# through sex .
# from a pregnant woman to her fetus .
# through blood transfusion (very likely but not confirmed) .
There is no vaccine or medicine for zika .
