(CNN)— Zika has been sexually transmitted in Texas, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. It
is the first known case of the virus being locally acquired in
the continental United States in the current outbreak.
The case, announced by Dallas County health officials,
involved a patient who had sex with someone who had
recently returned from Venezuela infected with the mosquito-
borne virus.
In a statement to CNN, the CDC said it confirmed the test
results showing Zika present in the blood of a "nontraveler in
the continental United States." They stressed that there was
no risk to a developing fetus in this instance.Check details on zika here
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