translation.en: This was the first documented transmission outside of its traditional endemic areas in Africa and Asia, and Zika virus is considered an emerging infectious disease with the potential to spread to new areas where the Aedes mosquito vector is present.
translation.mt: Din kienet l-ewwel trasmissjoni dokumentata barra ż-żoni endemiċi tradizzjonali tagħha fl-Afrika u fl-Asja, u l-virus Zika huwa kkunsidrat bħala marda infettiva emerġenti bil-potenzjal li tinfirex għal żoni oħra fejn tinstab in-nemusa Aedes .