You are here

Sexual Transmission Of Zika Virus Reported in US

The Zika virus is starting to sound more like the next Ebola or Aids…. A person in Texas has reportedly become infected with the virus after having sexual contact with an infected person This alert issued by the world health organization had already put Zika in the same category of international concern as Ebola and Brazil’s top health official said on Monday that the outbreak was proving to be worse than first believed because most cases show no symptoms. And today a case was confirmed in Dallas County, with the origin or transmission, according to the  CDC, being traced this time to sexual contact and not a mosquito. The person in question had not travelled to an infected area but their partner had reportedly returned from Venezuela. NCBDFW reports: A person in Dallas County has been diagnosed with the Zika virus without traveling outside the U.S., becoming the first person to acquire the virus in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The patient was infected through sexual contact, not through a mosquito bite, according to county health officials. Dallas County Health and Human Services said the patient was infected after having sexual contact with an [...]