A New York City woman who became infected with the Zika virus on a trip outside the
United States passed the infection to her boyfriend during sex, city health
officials reported.
It's
the first reported case of female-to-male sexual transmission of Zika -- before
this case, sexual transmission had only been reported as spreading from men to
women.
The woman, in her 20s, said she had traveled to a Zika-endemic
area and developed headache
cramps, fever, fatigue, rash and
other symptoms during the day she flew home and after returning to New York
City.
She
had unprotected vaginal sex with her partner on the day of her return, and
about a week later her male partner came down with symptoms of what also turned
out to be Zika infection.
Caution: Play safe.
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