It was not entirely unexpected that emerging Zika virus could transmit sexually — as it has now done in the first case acquired in the U.S. — but it jolted a public health narrative that was primarily focused on mosquitoes, pregnancy, and birth defects.
<p> It was not entirely unexpected that emerging Zika virus could transmit sexually — as it has now done in the first case acquired in the U.S. — but it jolted a public health narrative that was primarily focused on mosquitoes, pregnancy, and birth defects.</p>
Preventing Sexual Transmission of Zika, Case in Dallas Prompts CDC guidelines
Risk is low but real; mosquitoes still prime threat
March 1, 2016