Zika Virus

Overview of Zika Virus.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MRCGP (General Practitioner)

Last reviewed: 21 October 2025

Clinical Guidelines

GOV.UK: Zika virus (ZIKV): clinical and travel guidance

GOV.UK: Zika virus: sample testing advice

Interim guidance for healthcare providers and Zika virus laboratory diagnosis

RCOG: Zika virus in pregnancy – RCOG guidance

RCOG: Zika virus infection and pregnancy

WHO guidelines for the prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus

Zika virus in pregnancy – RCOG guidance

Announcement: Guidance for U.S. Laboratory Testing for Zika Virus

FIGO Statement on the Zika virus

Guidance for Providers Caring for Women and Men Of Reproductive Age with Possible Zika Virus Exposure (ASRM Practice Committee Document, 2019)

Management of Patients in the Context of Zika Virus: ACOG COMMITTEE OPINION, Number 784

Update: Interim Guidance for Health Care Providers Caring for Pregnant Women with Possible Zika Virus Exposure — United States, July 2017

Update: Interim Guidance for Prevention of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus — United States, July 2016

Update: Interim Guidance for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Infants with Possible Congenital Zika Virus Infection — United States, October 2017

Update: Interim Guidelines for Health Care Providers Caring for Pregnant Women and Women of Reproductive Age with Possible Zika Virus Exposure — United States, 2016

Zika virus (WHO Fact Sheet)

Zika virus disease (WHO Health Topics)

Zika virus in pregnancy – RCOG guidance