1947 - Scientists getting to know yellow fever in Uganda's
Zika wooded area discover the virus in a rhesus monkey
1948 - Virus recovered from Aedes africanus mosquito in Zika
wooded area
1952 - First human cases detected in Uganda
and Tanzania
1954 - Virus found in Nigeria
Nineteen Sixties-80s - Zika detected in mosquitoes and
monkeys throughout equatorial Africa
1969–83 - Zika observed in equatorial Asia,
inclusive of India,
Indonesia, Malaysia
and Pakistan
2007 - Zika spreads from Africa and Asia,
first big outbreak on Pacific island
of Yap
2012 - Researchers perceive
wonderful lineages of the virus, African and Asian
2013–14 - Zika outbreaks in French Polynesia,
Easter Island, the prepare dinner
Islands and New
Caledonia.
Retrospective analysis suggests viable link to start defects
and severe neurological headaches in babies in French Polynesia
March 2, 2015
- Brazil
reports illness characterized with the aid of skin rash in northeastern states
July 17 - Brazil
reports detection of neurological problems in newborns related to history of
contamination
Oct. 5 - Cape Verde
has instances of illness with skin rash
Oct. 22 - Colombia
confirms instances of Zika
Oct. 30 - Brazil
reviews growth in microcephaly, abnormally small heads, among newborns
Nov. eleven - Brazil
announces public health emergency
November 2015-January 2016 - cases pronounced in Suriname,
Panama, El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala,
Paraguay, Venezuela, French Guiana,
Martinique, Puerto Rico, Guyana, Ecuador, Barbados, Bolivia, Dominican
Republic, Nicaragua, Curacao, Jamaica
Feb. 1 - international health enterprise (WHO) broadcasts
public health emergency of international subject
Feb. 2 - First case of Zika transmission in u.s.;
local health officials say likely contracted thru intercourse, not mosquito
chunk
Feb. five- U.S.
centers for ailment control and Prevention says virus being actively
transmitted in 30 countries, primarily inside the Americas
Feb. eight - U.S. President Barack Obama requests $1.8
billion to fight Zika
Feb. 12 - Brazil
investigating potential hyperlink among Zika infections and four,314 suspected
cases of microcephaly. of those, 462 confirmed as microcephaly and forty one
determined to be connected to virus
Feb. 17 - Brazil
investigating potential link among Zika and 4,443 suspected cases of
microcephaly. of those, 508 showed as microcephaly and maximum of these
instances are connected to the virus. WHO seeks $fifty six million to fight
Zika.
Feb. 18 - CDC provides Aruba and Bonaire
to international locations and territories with energetic outbreaks, bringing
general to 32.