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The mosquito business is buzzing

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Jan 29, 2016

Worries about the Zika virus have a lot of us thinking about the pests

Aedes aegypti mosquitos in various stages of development are displayed at en exhibition on Dengue fever in Brazil. The mosquito transmits the Zika virus, as well as Dengue. In the last four months, authorities have recorded close to 4,000 cases in Brazil in which the mosquito-borne Zika virus may have led to microcephaly in infants.

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Codebreaker

College finds viruses to be a lot like cockroaches

by Marc Sanchez

Jan 17, 2012

Crushing them is harder, though