This represents the first locally transmitted case of the virus reported in the continental United States this year. In April, Texas expanded Zika testing in pregnant women and those with possible symptoms in six counties deemed most at risk for the virus. On Monday the CDC updated its recommendations on screening pregnant women for the virus. Zika is a great concern to pregnant women and those hoping to become pregnant because it can have devastating consequences for babies born tomothers who were infected while pregnant. The exception to this is for those who have had a possible indication of Zika-related findings of their fetus in an ultrasound.
First 2017 Texas case of local Zika transmission reported
Texas health officials have reported what they believe to be the state's first case this year of local Zika virus transmission. A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesman says that if the agency confirms the case resulted from a local transmission, it would be the first this year in the U.S.Six cases of local Zika transmission were reported last year in Texas. The infected person is a resident of Hidalgo County in the lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. Zika can cause severe birth defects in babies of some women infected during pregnancy. A statement Wednesday by the Texas Department of State Health Services says the person hasn't traveled outside his home area recently, so the virus was probably transmitted by a mosquito in the last few months.collected by :Lucy William
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