Zika virus, a virus that not much is known. This indicates that the virus Encounter in the Uganda And is surveillance. Zika virus was first reported in humans in Uganda and Tanzania in 1952. Since 2007, outbreaks have been found throughout the Pacific, the Zika virus has spread out of the surveillance area. Since the first report of Zika fever on the African continent until mid-2000, few scientific articles, mainly reporting human cases and describing potential vectors of ZIKV, have been published and, due to the absence of epidemic episodes, as well as serious clinical consequences of viral infection, the interest of the scientific community remained low. However, in 2007 the first large outbreak occurred on the island of Yap, in Micronesia, resulting in a drastic change in the outlook on the ZIKV infection and a growing interest for this newcomer to the world of arboviruses (Fig. 1)