The Florida Department of Health on Thursday reported the first case of locally acquired Zika in the state this year.
Health officials identified the case in a resident of Manatee County. The incident is reportedly isolated, and there is no evidence of ongoing active transmission of the virus. However, the health department has initiated mosquito control activities in the area.
"A couple traveled to Cuba. One partner was ill with symptoms consistent with Zika shortly after travel," said the health department. "Based on the details revealed through a thorough investigation, evidence suggests one partner acquired Zika while in Cuba, was bitten by a mosquito in or around their home, and that mosquito then bit and transmitted Zika to the other partner."
The state health department has reported 187 total cases of Zika among Floridians in 2017. Officials categorized 154 of these cases as travel-related and one as locally acquired. Thirty-two of the 187 cases identified in 2017 are linked to undetermined viral exposures in 2016.
Florida experienced 1,263 cases of Zika last year. Among them, 250 were locally acquired, according to the Miami Herald.
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