Shock As Zika Develops Into Homegrown Threat

Shock As Zika Develops Into Homegrown Threat

Florida’s governor says the state likely has the first cases of Zika transmitted by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland.

Gov. Rick Scott said Friday that no mosquitoes in the state have tested positive for Zika. But he says one woman and three men in Miami-Dade and Broward counties likely contracted the virus through mosquito bites. Click here to learn more about Zika.

More than 1,650 Zika infections have been reported in the U.S., but the four patients in Florida would be the first not linked to travel outside the U.S. mainland.

Scott says health officials believe the infections occurred in a small area just north of downtown Miami.

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