Zika was first identified in this spot near Entebbe. Now scientists must find out how a relatively mild virus spread so far,with such horrific effectsThe steel research tower rising over Uganda’s Zika forest is nearly 40 metres high, has seven rickety wooden platforms and may be the most perilous place on soil. Slap on the equator, and close to Lake Victoria,and set above a malarial swamp full of alligators, it has been gingerly climbed by generations of entomologists set on baiting and trapping mosquitoes – and isolating the worlds most perilous viruses. Related: Zika virus: more than 5000 pregnant women infected in Colombia Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com