Q. The outbreak of which mosquito born virus causes birth defects in new born babies has been reported in Latin America?
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Zika virus (ZIKV) is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae.
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It is spread by daytime-active Aedes mosquitoes, such as A. aegypti and A. albopictus.
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In early 2015, a widespread epidemic of Zika fever, caused by the Zika virus in Brazil, spread to other parts of South and North America. It also affected several islands in the Pacific, and Southeast Asia.
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