چکیده (انگلیسی):

Zika virus is a new global threat for 2016 that has been swept to almost all Americas and
is now posing serious threats to the entire globe. This deadly virus is playing havoc to
unborn lives because of its reported association with upsurge of fetal deformation called
microcephaly and neuropathic disorders including Guillain-Barre syndrome. Till today, ´
there is no vaccine prospect, antiviral therapy or licensed medical countermeasures to
curb the teratogenic outcomes of this destructive viral infection. Diagnosis, treatment,
chronicity and pathogenesis are still vague and unsettled. Therefore, this review article
addresses all the aspects related to this disease to mitigate the explosive rise in Zika virus
infection.