Dengue mosquito is Queensland's biggest threat for spreading Zika virus
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 14:50
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have found that the dengue fever mosquito common to north and central Queensland poses the greatest danger of spreading the Zika virus in Australia. The researchers showed that not only was the dengue mosquito effective at transmitting Zika, the virus was also in the mosquitoes' reproductive organs. This finding suggests that Zika could persist in mosquito populations by females passing it to their offspring.