{"id":51098,"date":"2017-11-07T07:42:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T07:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=51098"},"modified":"2017-11-07T07:42:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T07:42:51","slug":"sexually-transmitted-zika-case-confirmed-miami-dade-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/health\/sexually-transmitted-zika-case-confirmed-miami-dade-county.html","title":{"rendered":"Sexually-transmitted Zika case confirmed in Miami-Dade County"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Sexually-transmitted Zika case confirmed in Miami-Dade County<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Sexually-transmitted Zika case confirmed in Miami-Dade County:- The Florida Department of Health on Friday confirmed the state\u2019s first case of the Zika virus being sexually transmitted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">An unidentified person in Miami-Dade County, who had recently visited several countries, including Cuba,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Zika virus is back as the Florida Department of Health confirmed on Friday a new sexually-transmitted case in Miami-Dade County, The Miami Herald reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Both partners have tested positive for the virus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThere\u2019s no evidence of ongoing, active transmission of Zika anywhere in Florida,\u201d the health department said in a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">This is the second reported case acquired locally this year, the first being a case transmitted by an infected mosquito in Manatee County, The Orlando Sentinel reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Florida reported 296 locally acquired Zika infections last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Zika causes relatively mild symptoms in most adults but can cause severe birth defects in babies of some women infected during pregnancy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/2017\/11\/07\/sexually-transmitted-zika-case-confirmed-in-miami-dade-county.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/health\/sexually-transmitted-zika-case-confirmed-miami-dade-county.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sexually-transmitted Zika case confirmed in Miami-Dade County Sexually-transmitted Zika case confirmed in Miami-Dade County:- The Florida Department of Health on Friday confirmed the state\u2019s first case of the Zika virus being sexually transmitted. 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