Zika virus | all you need to know

The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting for several days to a week.

The most common symptoms of Zika virus:

• fever
• rash
• joint pain
• conjunctivitis (red eyes)
• muscle pain and headache

About 1 in 5 people infected with Zika virus become ill.

The incubation period (the time from exposure to symptoms) for Zika virus disease is not known, but is likely to be a few days to a week. People usually don’t get sick enough to go to the hospital, and they very rarely die of Zika.

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