Zika Threat: Scientists, Doctors Call For Olympics to Be Postponed or Moved Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email A biologist releases genetically modified mosquitoes in the city on February 11, 2016 in Piracicaba, Brazil. Technicians are releasing genetically modified mosquitoes Aedes Egypti to combat Zika virus ( Victor Moriyama / Getty ) Produced by Isabel Angell Produced by PRI and WNYC