Abstract
The Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus primarily transmitted through the bite of mosquitoes from the Aedes genus, such as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. It was first identified in monkeys in the Zika Forest in Uganda in 1947 and was subsequently found in humans in several countries in Africa and Asia. However, it gained worldwide attention due to its rapid spread in the Americas start…