This week Reactions takes a look at the science behind mosquito-borne illnesses and the chemistry of Zika.

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Producer:
Elaine Seward

Writer:
Sophia Cai
Elaine Seward

Executive Producer:
Adam Dylewski

Scientific consultants:
Frankie Wood-Black, Ph.D.
Pei-Yong Shi, Ph.D.
Darcy Gentleman, Ph.D.
Sophia Cai

Sources:
http://www.cdc.gov/zika/disease-qa.html
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/zika/en/
https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Zika_virus#Virion_Structure_of_a_Zika_virus
http://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dvbd/pdf/dvbd_factsheet.pdf
http://www.mosquito.org/mosquito-borne-diseases
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965174802000474
http://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2011/06/01/114075029/flu-attack-how-a-virus-invades-your-body
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/01/30/464740275/whats-the-best-way-to-keep-mosquitoes-from-biting
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0009546
http://www.nrdc.org/thisgreenlife/1006.asp

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