The first possible case of local transmission of the Zika virus is currently being investigated in Miami, Florida. What I mean by 'local transmission' is that the patient did not travel to a Zika hot-spot like Brazil, but rather was bitten by an infected mosquito in the United States.
These mosquitoes don't travel very far, so we are not getting infected mosquitoes flying all the way up to Florida from South America. Instead, a person who traveled to an infected area returned and was bitten by a local, uninfected mosquito while they still had the virus inside them. That mosquito acquired the Zika virus and quickly turned around and bit another person, subsequently infecting them.
Check out my last blog post for some great resources Agrilife has put together on how to keep yourself safe this summer!
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