Zika Virus Research Paper

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The zika virus is a virus that is spread most by the bite of a mosquito bite of an infected mosquito. It is a worldwide disease that has had over 2,000 victims over the past year. It caught many people by surprise when the zika virus was first discovered in 2015. The location with the fewest cases of the zika virus is Texas. Texas has had fewer than ten cases sense zika was first discovered. Texas has the least amount of cases of the zika virus in the entire world, with a total number of six. Those six cases coming out of pregnant woman, after investigation the Texas health services found out that all six of the pregnant lady’s had traveled out of the state of Texas even out of the country. The number of infected raised fast after a couple

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