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Zika virus is primarily transmitted through the bite of an infected Aedes mosquitoes. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed that Zika can spread through sex, infected blood during transfusion and pregnant mother to foetus.
This virus could harm the heart by damaging the heart muscle cells or by promoting inflammation in the heart of infected people, Zika is also linked to autoimmune disorder that causes muscle weakness and paralysis.
People infected with zika virus should get enough rest, drink enough water and seek medical care, presently there is no vaccine available for zika virus.
Zika can be prevented by wearing light- coloured clothes that cover every parts of the body and sleeping inside insecticide treated mosquito net.