Zika Confirmed Snohomish County Washington ex-Ecuador

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SEATTLE -- A woman who recently traveled to Ecuador is the second person in Snohomish County to be diagnosed with the Zika virus.

Ecuador is an area known to have mosquitoes that carry the virus.

The woman is not pregnant and is not showing symptoms, the Snohomish Health District said Tuesday. Zika has been linked to an increased risk of birth defects.

The virus is primarily transmitted by infected Aedes species mosquito, which are not currently found in Washington. Men can transmit Zika through sexual contact. 

http://www.king5.com/news/health/snohomish-county-woman-diagnosed-with-zika-after-travel-to-ecuador/270723243

 

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