Genetically-modified mosquitoes key to stopping Zika virus spread

In 2016, the World Health Organization called the Zika virus epidemic a ‘public health emergency of international concern’ due to the virus causing birth defects for pregnant women in addition to neurological problems.
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Zika is the latest battle in a long war between humans and mosquitoes

For more than a century, humans have drained swamps and dumped pesticides across multiple continents. But the tiny disease carriers always find a way to bite back.



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