Texas reports first case of Zika likely from local mosquitoes

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. | Mon Nov 28, 2016 | 3:28pm EST

Texas reports first case of Zika likely from local mosquitoes

Texas officials on Monday reported the state's first case of the Zika virus that was likely transmitted by a local mosquito, expanding the spread within the continental United States of a virus that has been linked to microcephaly, a rare birth defect.

The case involved a woman living in Cameron County near the Mexico border, the Texas Department of State Health Services said. The state said it currently has no other suspected cases of local transmission.

(Reporting by Letitia Stein; Editing by Andrew Hay)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-texas-idUSKBN13N27K

[Ilsa]

1. Why would it be anything other than local mosquitoes?

Mosquitoes don't travel that far or live that long. Some who was in a zika mosquito area was bitten and got infected . That person travelled to Texas and was bitten again, transmitting the virus to a new mosquito in a new area.

[HockeyMom]

2. It is now about Winter in South Florida

We had a couple of cold fronts in the last week where the lows got into the low 50's and more inland in the 40's. Mosquitoes? Hello, even the geckos are hibernating with that.
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