What are the short term effects of the zika virus?

The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain, red eyes, muscle pain, headache, pain behind the eyes, and vomiting. Also pregnant women may give birth to a child with microcephaly, a smaller head than usual, causing brain damage.

There really are no short term affects of the zika virus, if a woman who is pregnant has it the outcome of it is that their baby is born with an abnormal head