Once harmless, the Zika virus became lethal after a single genetic mutation took hold around 2013

When the Zika virus was first isolated from a Ugandan forest monkey in 1947 and found in mildly ill humans a few years later, it was hardly worth a mention in the annals of human disease.What a difference a mutation can make.In a new round of genetic sleuthing, Chinese researchers have pinpointed...
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