After swine flu and Ebola virus, it is the Zika virus, a new re-emerging pathogen having association with microcephaly and neurological complications with epidemic potential, which has suddenly brought the attention of global health agencies. Zika virus is a RNA virus belonging to filovirus family and transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. Zika virus disease is a predominantly mild or asymptomatic dengue like disease without any hemorrhagic tendencies. But its association with microcephaly and neurological complications has created a panic leading World Health Organization to declare it as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern to encourage prevention of international spreading of Zika virus infection.