Zika virus detected in Culex mosquito: Brazilian researchers

Unpublished research conducted by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Brazil detected the presence of Zika virus in mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, collected in the city of Recife. This finding confirms the species as a potential vector of the Zika virus, which to date, according to scientific literature, had not been proven to date, according to ["]