Zika-Carrying Mosquito Eggs Survive Drying Out by Changing Their Metabolism
Eggs of the mosquito that carries Zika virus can tolerate extended desiccation by altering their metabolism, according to a new study published on October 24th in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Anjana Prasad, Sunil Laxman, and colleagues at the Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine in Bengaluru, India and the Indian Institute of Technology in Mandi, India. The finding offers potential new ways to control the spread of this mosquito
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