Who Owns the Zika Virus?

Who Owns the Zika Virus?

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Zika virus a global health emergency on February 1st, 2016 without providing much detail on the disease. So here are some facts until we receive more information:

This sexually-transmitted virus has been around for 69 years and is marketed by two companies: LGC Standards (headquartered in the UK) and ATCC (headquartered in the US).

THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY’S BLOODY WAR AGAINST THE MOSQUITO

THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY’S BLOODY WAR AGAINST THE MOSQUITO

The mosquito is the architect of much suffering: It’s responsible for more human deaths than any other animal on earth (including other humans). And few species have caused as much misery as Aedes aegypti. This 4-millimeter-long insect is responsible not only for the Zika outbreak but also for transmitting yellow fever and two other excruciating diseases, dengue…