Mosquitoes can pass the Zika virus along to future generations in their eggs, researchers have found. Infected female mosquitoes can transmit the virus along to their offspring, according to a new study published in the Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. But the study found that the virus, like mosquito eggs, has no such climate restrictions. None of the Aedes albopictus offspring were infected, but the Aedes aegypti offspring were infected at an estimated rate of one in 290. Common methods to kill adult mosquitoes, like spraying, do not work on eggs.

Source: National Post August 30, 2016 14:26 UTC