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What 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.
by cperciva 10y ago
What 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