Select the ways through which Zika virus spreads.

Mosquitoes

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Sexual contact

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Mother to child during pregnancy

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Solution

The correct options are
A Mosquitoes
C Sexual contact
D Mother to child during pregnancy
Zika virus is a mosquito borne disease. The symptoms include fever, rashes, headache, red eyes, muscles and joint pain. Apart from spreading through mosquito bites, it can spread through sexual contact and from mother to her child during pregnancy.

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