Cov pab pawg no suav nrog ntau tus kab mob pathogenic. Qhov paub zoo tshaj plaws yog tus kab mob ua npaws daj, hom kab mob rau tsev neeg thiab yog vim li cas rau tsev neeg lub npe, raws li lo lus flavus txhais tau tias "daj" hauv Latin. Tsis tas li ntawd, lwm yam flavivirus yog tus kab mob West Nile, tus kab mob dengue thiab zuam-borne encephalitis virus.
Flaviviridae tsev neeg muaj qhov loj me (40–65 nm) thiab telegram cov ntaub ntawv cov hnab ntawv viral uas npog lawv cov kev tiv thaiv icosahedral nucleocapsid. Tsis tas li ntawd, cov khoom siv sim hauv lub tshuab hluav taws xob electron. Cov infographic hauv qab no qhia txog cov qauv ntawm tus kab mob zika: saib_90481 Zika feem ntau kis los ntawm tus poj niam Stegomya aegypti yoov tshaj cum, uas ua rau cov ntshav tso qe.
Cov yoov tshaj cum yog nquag nquag nyob rau nruab hnub. Daim ntawv yeej Tsis ntev los no, ntau tus kws tshawb fawb tab tom kawm txog cov kab mob neurological uas cuam tshuam nrog kev kis tus kab mob zika (ZIKV). Tsis tas li ntawd, Congenital microcephaly yog ib qho ntawm cov cim tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv cov menyuam mos uas muaj ZIKV. Vim li ntawd, kev tshawb fawb tau tsom mus rau kev nkag siab txog cov txheej txheem ntawm ZIKV-induced congenital microcephaly.