ASP Alumni is Modeling the Zika Virus

Andrew Monaghan (MS, PhD; atmospheric sciences; 2003, 2007), is a scientist in the Research Applications Laboratory of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.
Why is it that the hotter it gets, the more likely an insect can spread disease, and is it likely that a mosquito that carries the Zika virus will pass it to humans before it dies?