Humans are the not-so-innocent bystanders in the Zika mosquito’s proliferation

Cracking op-ed piece in the LA Times from EMR correspondent Marlene Zuk. Commenting on the spread of infection by the Zika virus, carried by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, Zuk argues that Aedes has evolved and domesticated itself to humans through changes in its coloration, and its ability to take advantage of human habitation. It has greatly extended both its range and its breeding […]

from The Evolution and Medicine Review http://ift.tt/1UoBR21