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A Genetic Mutation Provides a Potential Explanation for the Recent Spread of Zika Virus
May 26, 2017
GALVESTON, Texas, May 26 -- The University of Texas Medical Branch issued the following news release:

The Zika virus may have undergone a genetic mutation that enabled it to become the serious public health concern we are battling today, according to the latest research from a team of researchers from the U.S. and China.

In a paper published in Nature the researchers explain that Zika virus isolates from the recent outbreak in the Americas were much more infectious . . .

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