Zika's now spreading from state to state in the
U.S.. Health officials in Texas said Monday a resident there caught Zika
in Florida and brought it home.
It doesn't mean Zika's an epidemic just yet, but
it does show just how easily the virus can spread once enough people in
an area are infected.
"This is the first Texas case to be linked to
travel within the continental United States. The case will be classified
as 'travel-associated' and is being investigated for more details," the
Texas health department said in a statement.
"Health officials linked this case to Miami
travel after closely evaluating travel dates, symptom onset date and
known local transmission of Zika virus in Miami."
Miami has a small local cluster of Zika cases, which rose to 30 Monday with two more reported patients.
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