The four cases of Zika infection in Miami, likely the result of bites from local mosquitoes, may be just the beginning of the spread of the virus in the continental US, a health official said Friday.
The Florida Department of Health reported Friday that the four people — a woman and three men — infected earlier this month in Miami are the first known “homegrown” cases of Zika virus in the US.
“We anticipate that there may be additional cases of ‘homegrown’ Zika in the coming weeks,” Dr. Lyle Petersen of The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement.
Although no mosquitoes have tested positive for the Zika virus yet, Florida health officials believe that active transmission of the Zika virus is occurring in a one-square-mile area just north of downtown Miami.
