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  • Transgenic mosquitoes against the Zika

    1 february 2016

    The new control method established in an area of ​​Latin America is fighting Zika focused on the elimination of the mosquito that transmits it through the release of transgenic mosquitoes.

  • The Zika virus lands in Spain

    26 january 2016

    The Zika reach Spain by two South American women who came to Catalonia after having been in their country. The Ministry of Health warns that the alert is "real" and emphasizes the epidemiological point of view of the disease.

  • What is the Zika virus?

    18 december 2015

    The Zika virus, also called Zika fever, is a relatively new disease, a member of the Flaviviridae family. A virus for which there is no vaccine or specific treatment and threatens to spread , for now plaguing Latin America