Here are three notes:
1. It was recently reported that Zika could be transmitted through sexual contact, as well as infected mosquitoes.
2. The code A92.8 is used to indicate “other specified mosquito-borne viral fevers.”
3. Thus far, 11 states have reported incidences of travel-related Zika cases.
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