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Zika may be spread by as many as 35 species of mosquitoes, including seven found in the United States, according to a predictive model created by University of Georgia ecologists and published Tuesday in the journal, eLife.
But University of Georgia ecologists reasoned that there must be other types of mosquitoes capable of spreading Zika because an outbreak of the virus on Yap Island in 2007 was driven by a different species, Aedes hensilli ? and because other viruses closely related to Zika are spread by more than nine mosquito species, on average.
To test their theory, researchers created a mathematical model that finds patterns in large and complex data on viruses related to Zika, known as flaviviruses, and all the mosquito species that have ever been associated with them.
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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article135414359.html
But University of Georgia ecologists reasoned that there must be other types of mosquitoes capable of spreading Zika because an outbreak of the virus on Yap Island in 2007 was driven by a different species, Aedes hensilli ? and because other viruses closely related to Zika are spread by more than nine mosquito species, on average.
To test their theory, researchers created a mathematical model that finds patterns in large and complex data on viruses related to Zika, known as flaviviruses, and all the mosquito species that have ever been associated with them.
...
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article135414359.html