Flaviviruses make their owners more attractive for mosquitoes
A new study shows that flaviviruses transferred by mosquitoes, such as pathogens of the fever of Zik and Denge, can change the skin of their owners, creating a smell that attracts mosquitoes. The Flaviviridae virus family is sadly known as the pathogens of a number of diseases: yellow fever, denge, ZIK's fever, Japanese encephalitis, the fever of the Western Nile. Viruses are broken through mosquito bites.