LJI researchers strengthen the case for sexual transmission of Zika virus

(La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology) Aedes aegypti mosquitoes harboring parasitic Zika virus (ZIKV) are the primary transmitters of virus to humans, potentially causing catastrophic congenital microcephaly in babies born to women bitten by infected mosquitoes.
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