Researchers recently announced that they have found a mosquito species that is capable of spreading the Zika Virus in Wisconsin. The species is known as the Aedes (ay-EE-dees) Albopictus (al-bo-PIC-tus), and it is one of many species of mosquito that can spread the disease. As of now there haven’t been any found that are actually carrying the virus, and the researchers at the University of Wisconsin Medical Entomology Laboratory say this discovery does not indicate an elevated risk of locally transmitted Zika virus in Wisconsin. The virus is primarily spread by the Aedes (ay-EE-dees) aegypti (ee-GYPT-eye) mosquito, which survives in warmer climates, and has not been found in Wisconsin or any neighboring states.
