Pregnant Women Should Avoid Miami Zika Area, CDC Says
- State says 14 mosquito-caused cases identified from small area
- Cases centered around square-mile area in the city, CDC says
14 Zika Cases Discovered in Florida
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Women who are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant should avoid an area in Miami that is the center of a small but growing number of mosquito-transmitted Zika cases, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
“We may well see other infections in that area,” CDC Director Tom Frieden said during a conference call with reporters where he issued the warning. “Nothing that we’ve seen indicates widespread transmission, but it’s certainly possible there could be sustained transmission in small areas.”