The Zika (ZIKV) virus, which causes the Zika fever, was first identified in 1947 in Uganda, in a forest with the same name . Since its initial identification, sporadic cases were reported in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa . In 2007, the first outbreak caused by this virus was reported in Micronesia and more recently, in French Polynesia and Easter Island . The first indigenous case of Zika virus in Brazil was confirmed in May of 2015