Richard Besser, ABC News' chief health and medical editor, discusses a case in which a woman in New York City transmitted the Zika virus to her male partner, the first such occurrence reported in the United States. Previously, researchers had documented sexual transmission of Zika only from male partners.
Besser noted that while "[t]here's so much that we're still learning about Zika virus and how it can be spread," the latest report is "not that surprising ... because any time you have a situation where there could be an exchange of fluids ... there's the risk of transmitting a viral infection." According to ABC News, "The new finding prompted [CDC] to update its advice" to recommend that "pregnant women ... use protection if their sex partner has travelled to a Zika-infected region, whether the partner is a man or a woman" (Besser, ABC News, 7/17).


