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Sep 28, 2016 · September 28, 2016 at 11:49 am. ORLANDO, Fla. — New evidence from separate labs supports the controversial idea that an overlooked and unexpected Culex mosquito might spread Zika virus. The ...
Mar 4, 2016 · The findings, which have yet to be peer reviewed or confirmed outside of a lab, found that mosquitos from the family of mosquitos known as Culex may not only be infected with Zika, but could also ...
Jul 25, 2016 · July 25, 2016. Scientists in Recife, Brazil , have found Zika in a species of mosquito that was not thought to carry the virus, raising concerns about a much wider outbreak than has been ...
Sep 29, 2016 · And earlier this month (September 2), the UTMB team reported in The Journal of Infectious Diseases that C. quinquefasciatus mosquitoes from Mexico did not harbor Zika. “Geographic populations of a mosquito species can vary in their ability to transmit viruses like Zika, so we cannot be sure that Culex mosquitoes in other regions of the world ...
He notes that several Zika relatives spread by Culex mosquitoes, including the West Nile virus, target the nervous system, which Zika also seems to do. If Culex mosquitoes can transmit Zika virus, that will make slowing its spread even more difficult. C. quinquefasciatus is found as far north as Iowa and Indiana in the United States, although ...
Mar 4, 2016 · Zika virus, similar to dengue, yellow fever, and chikungunya viruses, predominantly exists in a transmission cycle between human beings and anthropophilic mosquitoes.1 Because of its intrinsic ability to transmit the virus and affiliation with human beings, the primary mosquito vector of Zika virus during outbreaks is Aedes aegypti.2 In early 2016, researchers in northeastern Brazil announced ...
Mar 7, 2016 · Science Mar 7, 2016 10:40 AM EST. One of the most common mosquitoes in the United States may have the capacity to carry the Zika virus, according to preliminary research in Brazil. The findings ...
