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Detailed explanation-1: -Today, the first case of the Zika virus was reported in the Kolar district in Karnataka. The health minister for Karnataka Dr K Sudhakar confirmed the first case where a five-year-old girl’s sample sent to the Pune lab turned out to be positive for the virus.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Short. By Nagarjun Dwarakanath: The first case of Zika virus in Karnataka has emerged. A five-year-old girl from Raichur district was infected with the Zika virus and has tested positive, said health minister K Sudhakar. He added that the government was taking all precautionary measures.

Detailed explanation-3: -Synopsis. Since its discovery in the Zika forest in Uganda in 1947, several outbreaks of ZVD have been reported from Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands. A 5-year-old girl in Karnataka has tested positive for the Zika virus, according to a Pune lab report.

Detailed explanation-4: -On 8 July 2021, a Zika virus (ZIKV) infection was laboratory-confirmed in a resident of Kerala state, south-west India. This represents the first Zika virus disease case ever reported from Kerala.

Detailed explanation-5: -In November 2016, the first case of Zika was detected by the Virus Research Diagnostic Labora- tory at Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India (Fig. 1), and subse- quently confirmed at the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, India.