Zika Forest

English

Etymology

From Luganda zika (“become overgrown; go out of cultivation”).

Proper noun

Zika Forest

An area of tropical forest near Entebbe, Uganda, owned by the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), used for mosquito research, where the Zika virus was first isolated and described.

Related terms

Zika virus
Zika disease

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