Scientist accidentally experiments on himself, wife - Boing Boing

Vector biologist Brian Foy has published a case study that claims to be the first documented evidence of an insect-borne illness being spread between people through sexual contact.

Unfortunately for Foy, the research methods were a bit more intimate than most people would prefer. In fall of 2008, Foy returned from a trip to Senegal where he was collecting mosquitoes for malaria research. About five days later, he got sick with what later turned out to be Zika virus—a rare, mosquito-transmitted disease. And, not long afterwards, so did his wife. The catch: Joy Chilson Foy hadn't been to Senegal.

via boingboing.net

I guess he learned the importance of condoms