{
  "id": 14506415,
  "title": "What if mosquito saliva holds the key to better fighting Zika, dengue and West Nile viruses?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/what-if-mosquito-saliva-holds-the-key-to-better-fighting-zika-dengue",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-14T17:40:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-mosquito-saliva-key-zika-dengue.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mosquitoes do more than simply transmit the viruses they carry: Their saliva may actively help these viruses establish infection in the body from the very moment of the bite. This is the finding of a study conducted by a team from the IRD, CNRS, the University of Montpellier (France) and Mahidol University (Thailand), published in Nature Communications.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Medical Xpress",
        "title": "Vaccine redesign may separate Zika protection from risk of worsening dengue",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/vaccine-redesign-may-separate-zika-protection-from-risk-of-worsening",
        "published": "2026-10-13T20:20:11.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}