The Division of Biological Sciences at Google has a plan to control the propagation of the Zika virus: to release 20 million modified 'Aedes aegypti' male mosquitos in Fresno, California during the next five months.

The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Fund announced that they would create and manage the Vector Control Unit of Puerto Rico whose primary function will be the creation of an exhaustive program to reduce aedes aegypti 

This is the second article in a series about the spread, treatment and prevention of tropical diseases such as Denge, Chikungunya and Zika.  

This article provides a discussion on the use of Naled, an organophosphate insecticide used to control the Aedes aegypti mosquito which is the infectious vector for diseases such as dengue, chikungunya

LONDON - 1 in 100 women infected with zika virus during the first trimester of pregnancy runs the risk of the fetus developing microcephaly, according to a study published in the journal "The Lancet".

WASHINGTON - The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) does not consider the use of transgenic mosquitoes to control the spread of Zika virus to have any adverse effects on the environment or the population, according to a preliminary

The Aedes aegypti mosquito that can transmit the viruses that cause dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever is an insect that is easy to control with the proper sanitary measures.

Human beings are indispensable for the survival of Aedes aegypti, since we are the most abundant food source for the mosquito responsible of transmiting viruses such as Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya.

First dengue, then chikungunya, and now zika, all viruses caused by the same mosquito... Why does the proliferation of these insects continue to rise in Puerto Rico and the World?

European researchers described an extremely abnormal fetus' brain from a woman that was infected with the Zika virus during her third trimester. An autopsy revelealed the presence of the Zika virus in the fetal brain. 

The Unted States government begun an investigation for the development of a vaccine against the Zika virus, but this will not happen overnight. Dr. Anibal J.