Zika Transmitted Through Sexual Contact for First Time in Continental U.S.
- First case in continental U.S. for the current outbreak
- Sexual transmission is likely, Texas health department says
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The first locally transmitted case of Zika virus in the continental U.S. was confirmed in Dallas county on Tuesday, a day after the outbreak and its potential association with birth defects was declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization.
A patient became infected after having sexual contact with a sick person who had returned from a country where the virus was present, which means the case is probably a sexual transmission, rather than through a mosquito bite, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.