[Parmy]

Is it related to the Zika virus that we don’t hear about any more?

[Magic Fingers]

Is it related to the Zika virus that we don’t hear about any more?

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4th line: “This virus is in a similar category as dengue or Zika and is carried by the same mosquitoes,” noted Dr. Marc Siegel

[Jim Noble]

“ Is it related to the Zika virus that we don’t hear about any more?”

Kinda.

Another rapidly mutating single stranded RNA virus. Clinically similar to Dengue and Zika. Like both, spread by mosquitoes.

The “relatedness” of viruses is constantly getting revised because, unlike bacteria and other living things they need to live inside a cell and use its mechanisms to reproduce.