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Aedes aegypti mosquito

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Many mosquitoes are now insecticide-resistant in Vietnam and Cambodia

More than three-quarters of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes sampled in Vietnam and Cambodia were from strains that are extremely resistant to pyrethroid insecticides

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There is no approved vaccine against Zika, but a vaccine candidate has shown promise in mice

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Experimental Zika vaccine stops the virus from replicating in mice

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GUANGZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 20: Chinese Phd student and researcher Zhang Dongjing displays a container of sterile adult male mosquitos that are ready to be released in a lab in the Mass Production Facility at the Sun Yat-Sen University-Michigan University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Disease on June 20, 2016 in Guangzhou, China. Considered the world's largest mosquito factory, the laboratory raises millions of male mosquitos for research that could prove key to the race to prevent the spread of Zika virus. The lab's mosquitos are infected with a strain of Wolbachia pipientis, a common bacterium shown to inhibit Zika and related viruses including dengue fever.??Researchers release the infected mosquitos at nearby Shazai island to mate with wild females who then inherit the Wolbachia bacterium which prevents the proper fertilization of her eggs. The results so far are hopeful:?? After a year of research and field trials on the island, the lab claims there is 99% suppression of the population of Aedes albopictus or Asia tiger mosquito, the type known to carry Zika virus. Researchers believe if their method proves successful, it could be applied on a wider scale to eradicate virus-carrying mosquitos in Zika-affected areas around the world. ??The project is an international non-profit collaboration lead by Professor Xi Zhiyong, director of the Sun Yat-Sen University-Michigan University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Disease with support from various levels of Chinas government and other organizations.?? (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

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Zika or dengue infections make you more appealing to mosquitoes

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A single mutation could make Zika virus a lot more dangerous

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Climate change may push Zika virus into southern and eastern Europe

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Climate change may push Zika virus into southern and eastern Europe

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Brain scans children congenital Zika virus syndrome

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Toddlers born with Zika virus seem to be affected in multiple ways

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Brazilian Thamires Cristina dos Santos Ferreira da Silva, 29, plays with her two-year-old son Matheus Silva, who was born with microcephaly, at their apartment in Belford Roxo, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, on November 30, 2018.

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Half of babies affected by Zika virus are developing normally by age 2

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Exclusive: Cuba failed to report thousands of Zika virus cases in 2017

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Exclusive: Cuba failed to report thousands of Zika virus cases in 2017

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A baby with microcephaly

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Brain genes hint at why Zika doesn’t always cause microcephaly

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a mosquito about to land on skin

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App can tell you if a mosquito is about to give you malaria

AI trained to differentiate the whines of 3500 species of mosquitoes can use your cheap smartphone to tell you if that nearby mosquito will put you at risk of Zika, malaria and dengue fever  

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We may be able to use Zika virus to attack brain cancer cells

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