Zika Virus

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae. Zika virus shares a genus with the dengue, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, and West Nile viruses. It is most closely related to the Spondweni virus and is one of the two known viruses in the Spondweni virus clade.

Like other flaviviruses, Zika virus is enveloped and icosahedral and has a nonsegmented single-stranded positive-sense RNA genome (10 kb).