[Comment] Zika virus and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes: a tenuous link

Zika virus, similar to dengue, yellow fever, and chikungunya viruses, predominantly exists in a transmission cycle between human beings and anthropophilic mosquitoes.1 Because of its intrinsic ability to transmit the virus and affiliation with human beings, the primary mosquito vector of Zika virus during outbreaks is Aedes aegypti.2 In early 2016, researchers in northeastern Brazil announced that another mosquito species, Culex quinquefasciatus, which also inhabits domestic environments, could be involved in the transmission of Zika virus.

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