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> From US/Europe, where Zika can't go. What? There have been Zika cases in the US.
by the_watcher 10y ago
> From US/Europe, where Zika can't go.
What? There have been Zika cases in the US.
- cperciva 10y agoWhat he meant was that while Zika can be carried anywhere by humans, it won't spread in areas which don't have the right type of mosquitos.
- DrScump 10y agoExcept that it is communicable between humans (and, presumably, other hosts).
- cperciva 10y agoIt can be communicated between humans, but it sounds like the rate at which that occurs is far too low to cause an epidemic.
- graeme 10y agoThat's what I meant. It's already going to spread through the US regardless because it's physically connected to areas where Zika exists. I suppose Southern Europe might be able to get it? I'm not sure if the extent of the mosquitos there. Update: only a very small bit of southern Spain. So not really a concern for Europe or North Africa. Also, they don't have the sort of contiguous area where it would spread across a whole continent. Map of Aedes Aegyptus: http://m.imgur.com/uCegZHS?r http://m.imgur.com/uCegZHS?r