Zika

Biology

Mosquito genetics may explain why Zika virus outbreaks are rare in Africa: climate change could shift the balance

Mosquitoes that bite people. Credit: Greg Murray / Louis Lambrechts Africa’s low incidence of the Zika virus may be due to a surprising factor: the genetic makeup of local mosquito populations, a study has found. Research by scientists at Princeton University’s High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI), the Pasteur Institute, and the University of California, San Diego, reveals the causes of…