The Briefing Room
General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: rangerrebew on May 22, 2017, 04:41:50 pm
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Chikungunya, dengue, and Zika viruses: three viruses in one mosquito
May 22, 2017
The study published in Nature Communications on May 19 found that Aedes aegypti, the primary mosquito that carries the Zika virus, might also transmit chikungunya and dengue viruses with one bite.
The findings of the new study led by Colorado State University researchers shed new light on what is known as a coinfection, which scientists said is yet to be understood completely and may be fairly common in areas experiencing outbreaks.
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20170522/Chikungunya-dengue-and-Zika-viruses-three-viruses-in-one-mosquito.aspx