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How is zika spreading? how do mosquitoes get the virus... do they get it from other mosquitoes, or from biting a person infected with zika?
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Animal to mosquito: Zika virus is spread by mosquitoes, which are infected only by feeding on infected animals. Probably several kinds of animals can be infected, in addition to humans. For people in affected areas, reducing mosquitoes in the environment (vector control) and avoiding mosquito bites (exposure control) are the only effective means of prevention.
Answered 5/24/2017
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How is Zika Spread?: Zika virus is spread by the bite of an infected Aedes albopictus mosquito (Asian tiger mosquito) or the Aedes aegypti mosquito (Yellow fever mosquito). The mosquito must bite an infected person to carry the Zika virus. It can also be transmitted to a fetus from the mother and during sexual interactions.
Answered 11/14/2018
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