Zika virus is a vector-borne pathogen transmitted via the Aedes mosquito, which also transmits the dengue and chikungunya viruses. Human-to-human transmission by sexual intercourse has been confirmed. Zika virus is thought to initially replicate in dendritic cells near the site of inoculation before spreading to lymph nodes and then the bloodstream.
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