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Zika's Delivery Via Mosquito Bite May Boost its Effect

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The inflammation caused by a mosquito bite helps Zika and other viruses spread through the body more quickly, a new study in mice suggests. Mosquito bites are not just annoying -- they are key for how these viruses spread around your body and cause disease. Senior study author Dr. Clive McKimmie is a research fellow in the School of Medicine, at the University of Leeds in England. He says "We now want to look at whether medications such as anti-inflammatory creams can stop the virus establishing an infection if used quickly enough after the bite inflammation appears." The researchers studied the bites of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which spreads infections such as Zika, dengue and chikungunya. When a mosquito bites you, it injects saliva into your skin. The saliva prompts immune cells to swarm the site.

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