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Inside the Numbers of the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics

Before the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro get underway, there are some key numbers you need to know. And considering the No. 1 Olympics-related thing people have been talking about for the past year is mosquitoes, we might as well start there.

0.0074: Percent of visitors to Rio likely to come in contact with the Zika virus and bring it home with them while they're contagious, according to a recent study by Gregg Gonsalves of Yale University's Global Health Justice Partnership that was detailed on United Press International's health page. Granted, if you've watched any movie about a zombie apocalypse or a nation-crippling airborne disease, you know it takes only one Patient Zero to start an outbreak.