Zika virus is a mosquito-borne illness that has been spreading rapidly in recent years. It is primarily transmitted by the Aedes mosquito, the same type that spreads dengue and chikungunya.
Warmer temperatures accelerate mosquito breeding, enabling the mosquitoes to bite more frequently, further increasing the chances of spreading the virus.
East Africa faces a deadly new threat from the arrival of Anopheles stephensi, a mosquito native to Asia and the Middle East that thrives in urban areas and is immune to insecticides. The World ...
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Nearly 20% of cases of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease ... predicted that if carbon dioxide emissions decline to net-zero around or after 2050, there would be a 7% smaller increase ...