A new study by the researchers at the Yale and Vanderbilt University indicates that bacteria can wipe out mosquitoes wit Zika or dengue virus. This is a natural way in getting rid of the virus.
A team of researchers from Purdue University has shown the structure of the Zika virus, which will help in the development of treatments and vaccines.
The vaccine protected volunteers against an mild attenuated form of all four serotypes of dengue virus. Its success in phase 3 clinical trials could boost zika vaccine development.
The infected person is believed to have contracted the virus from another who has a history of travel to Venezuela
The virus can infect fetus to cause microcephaly that cause babies to be born with small heads and neurological problems.
Researchers inserted the gene Nix into female mosquitoes which then grew male genitalia. Female mosquitoes require blood to grow eggs.
