The Genetically-modified Mosquito Bite

Nicholas St. Fleur, The Atlantic: Health
Tue, 01/27/2015 - 4:00am

Thanks to warming climates, two debilitating tropical diseases have taken hold in America’s southern shore. The first is dengue, commonly called “break-bone fever,” which infects more than 50 million people a year with muscle aches. Its counterpart chikungunya, causes joint pain and agonizing contortions. Both are transmitted by mosquitoes, which have been driven northward into the Florida Keys.

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