Florida Mosquitoes Being Tested For Zika To Confirm Case

JENNIFER KAY Associated Press, San Diego Union-Tribune Nation
Thu, 07/21/2016 - 12:17am

Florida health officials have trapped mosquitoes in an area of Miami-Dade County and are testing them for Zika to confirm whether a woman with the virus could be the first person infected directly by a mosquito bite in the continental United States.

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