Reconstructing Zika's spread

(Cell Press) The urgent threat from Zika virus, which dominated headlines in early 2016, has passed. But research into how Zika and other mosquito-borne infections spread and cause epidemics is still very active. In a paper published May 24 in the journal Cell Host& Microbe, an international team of researchers reports new details of how Zika emerged from Brazil and spread throughout Mexico and Central America, with evidence that some locations had more than one outbreak.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news