Shining a (Literal) Light on Mosquitoes to Better Detect Zika Virus (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Shining a (Literal) Light on Mosquitoes to Better Detect Zika Virus (1 of 3)

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How a beam of light from a near-infrared spectrometer is used to non-invasively determine the infection status of a mosquito. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 23 May 2018, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by J.N. Fernandes at University of Queensland in St. Lucia, QLD, Australia, and colleagues was titled, "Rapid, noninvasive detection of Zika virus in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes by near-infrared spectroscopy."

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