Off to a great start!!!

Mar 29, 2016

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Off to a great start!!! First, let me whole-heartedly thank all of you that have so generously donated so far! We are off to an amazing start having raised almost (edit: over!!) $1,000 in a little over 24 hours. 
Even if you have already donated you can still help us by spreading the word about the project. The more backers we can get, the closer we get to being able to win the extra $10,000. We can't do this without your help! 

Help us send Weam and others out into the field to collect mosquitoes (and maybe a sea shell or two!) 
                
-Caroline & the rest of the Zika team (Marina, Nils, Weam, Jessica, and Steve!)

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About This Project

Mosquitoes as Flying Syringes: The Solution to Rapid Zika Monitoring

Smith College

Yes, mosquitoes are flying syringes! They sample human blood as a normal part of their life cycle. We can take advantage of this nasty habit by using infected mosquitoes as a tool for monitoring the risk to human populations. Viral infection level in mosquitoes reflects the infection level in humans (Kilpatrick, 2013). Mosquitoes can also be used to screen for animal reservoirs of Zika. We’ve used this method to screen insects for parasites and are committed to adapting it to screen for Zika.