CDC Reports 14 New Cases of Sexually Transmitted Zika in U.S.

CDC Reports 14 New Cases of Sexually Transmitted Zika in U.S.

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Fourteen more people may have caught the Zika virus in the U.S. without traveling to affected zones, federal health officials said Tuesday — strong evidence that the virus is sexually transmitted fairly often.

Some of those suspected of having been infected sexually have been pregnant women, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

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Doctors had known Zika could be spread by sexual transmission. In 2008 a U.S. researcher was infected in Africa and infected his wife back in Colorado. Zika has been found in semen.

Comment: This is a Maggie Fox story. She's good at these medical stories.