92ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION-A REVIEWIt’s a virus belongs to the family flaviviridae. In 1947 scientists researching yellow fever placed a rhesus macaque in a cage in the Zika Forest (zika means "overgrown") near the East African Virus Research Institute in Entebbe, Uganda. The monkey developed a fever, and researchers isolated from its serum a transmissible agent that was first described as Zika virus in 1952. Current review explores the knowledge about zika virus infection and its life threatening difficultiesstjamesdruginfo@gmail.comReview622016Zika virus,Flaviviridae,UgandaDawn VJ. K. Krishnakumar,K. Jayaprakash,L. PanayappanDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, St James College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chalakudy, Thrissur, Kerala, India.,Department of Pharmacy Practice, St James College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chalakudy, Thrissur, Kerala, India.,St James Hospital Trust Pharmaceutical Research Centre (DSIR Certified), Chalakudy, Thrissur, Kerala, India.