(Bloomberg) -- The first locally transmitted case ofZika virus in the continental U.S. wasconfirmed in Dallas on Tuesday.
|However, the infection was passed through sexual contact ratherthan by a mosquito bite, said local health officials.
|A patient became infected after having sexual contact with asick person who had returned from an area with an outbreak of thevirus, the Dallas County Health and Human Services department saidin a statement.
|Read: The Zika virus: 5 things toknow
|The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmedthe transmission, the department said.
|Read: Zika virus declared world health emergency byWHO
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