Md. man with no symptoms spread Zika through sex - WTOP Weekend Headlines - Saturday, August 27, 2016

U.S. health officials on Friday reported the first case of Zika spread through sex by a man with no symptoms of the disease. The man had traveled to the Dominican Republic, where there is a Zika outbreak, but he didn’t get sick during the trip or when he returned. In the other 21 U.S. cases of sexual transmission, the virus was spread by someone who at some point had symptoms. [Logo] WEEKEND HEADLINES - August 27, 2016 [mobile-header-ad] [alt text here] [mobile-img] [alt text here] [Md. man with no symptoms spread Zika through sex] U.S. health officials on Friday reported the first case of Zika spread through sex by a man with no symptoms of the disease. The man had traveled to the Dominican Republic, where there is a Zika outbreak, but he didn’t get sick during the trip or when he returned. In the other 21 U.S. cases of sexual transmission, the virus was spread by someone who at some point had symptoms. 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