What the records say
- When
- 2007
- Kind
- Epidemic
- Coordinates
- 9.54° N, 138.10° E
- Description
- disease outbreak in the Federated States of Micronesia
- Date from
- year in its name
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2007 Yap Islands Zika virus outbreak
Disease outbreak in the Federated States of Micronesia
The 2007 Yap Islands Zika virus outbreak represented the first time Zika virus had been detected outside Africa and Asia. It occurred in the Yap Islands, an island chain in the Federated States of Micronesia. Zika virus (ZIKV) is a vector-borne flavivirus in the same family as yellow fever, dengue, West Nile and Japanese encephalitis viruses.
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