(Bloomberg) -- The first locally transmitted case of Zika virus in the continental U.S. was confirmed in Dallas on Tuesday.
However, the infection was passed through sexual contact rather than by a mosquito bite, said local health officials.
A patient became infected after having sexual contact with a sick person who had returned from an area with an outbreak of the virus, the Dallas County Health and Human Services department said in a statement.
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