Zika virus

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Taxon taxon Q202864
Zika virus
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Zika virus

Summary

Zika virus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,493 views/month, #966 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zika virus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Zika virus is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Zika Forest is named after Zika virus[5].
  • Zika virus is classified within Flavivirus[6].
  • Zika virus is classified within Arbovirus group B[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Zika virus is Zika virus[8].
  • Zika virus is a type of pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases[9].
  • Zika virus's Commons category is recorded as Zika virus[10].
  • Zika virus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Zika virus[11].
  • Zika virus's disease transmission process is recorded as mosquito borne transmission[12].
  • Zika virus's disease transmission process is recorded as placental transmission[13].
  • Zika virus's disease transmission process is recorded as sexual transmission[14].
  • Zika virus's replaced by is recorded as Orthoflavivirus zikaense[15].
  • Zika virus's has effect is recorded as Zika virus infection[16].
  • Zika virus's has effect is recorded as microcephaly[17].
  • Zika virus's has natural reservoir is recorded as Aedes aegypti[18].
  • Zika virus's has natural reservoir is recorded as Asian tiger mosquito[19].
  • Zika virus's has natural reservoir is recorded as Aedes africanus[20].
  • Zika virus's has natural reservoir is recorded as Aedes hensilli[21].
  • Zika virus's different from is recorded as Zika[22].
  • Zika virus's diameter is recorded as {'amount': '+40'}[23].
  • Zika virus's hashtag is recorded as Zika[24].
  • Zika virus's hashtag is recorded as Zikavirus[25].
  • Zika virus's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q110628681[26].
  • Zika virus's ICTV virus genome composition is recorded as positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Zika virus is Zika virus[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Flavivirus[6] and Arbovirus group B[7].

Discovery and Description

Zika Forest is named after Zika virus[5].

Identifiers

Zika virus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 64320[28]. Zika virus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 541190[29]. Zika virus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9884175[30].

Why It Matters

Zika virus ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,493 views/month, #966 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  27. [26] . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dagens nyheter topic id zikaviruset
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3509]]: zikaviruset, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/22882915|Zikaviruset (#22882915)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/488|DN topic]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 15d ago · Brya · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaced by Orthoflavivirus zikaense
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1366]]: [[Q118455511]]"
  3. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag zika-virus
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: zika-virus, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289969663|zika virus (#289969663)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  4. 17w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 38473, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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