Zika virus was first discovered in 1947 and is named after the Zika forest in Uganda, where it was isolated from a rhesus monkey during a yellow fever study, with the name meaning "overgrown" in the local language. The virus was later found in humans in Uganda and Tanzania in the 1950s, but large outbreaks didn't occur until much later, notably in the Pacific and Americas, linked to neurological issues like microcephaly.
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