Fox News : reported that CDC: Don't donate sperm in 3 Florida counties due to Zika

Men from three Florida counties shouldn't donate sperm because of a small risk of spreading Zika, U.S. health officials said Monday. There are 12 sperm donor banks in the three south Florida counties, CDC officials said. Sperm banks should consider the CDC's new advice discouraging donations from men in the three counties, an FDA spokeswoman said. There is no evidence of a pregnant women being infected by Zika through a sperm donation, and such a risk is considered low, CDC officials said. Zika is mainly spread by mosquito bites but it can also be spread through sex.

Don't donate sperm in three Florida counties due to Zika

Credit: NIAID U.S. health officials say men from three Florida counties shouldn't donate sperm because of the risk of spreading Zika. Explore further: Florida probes new Zika case outside Miami Transmission electron microscope image of negative-stained, Fortaleza-strain Zika virus (red), isolated from a microcephaly case in Brazil. The guidance had previously applied to Miami-Dade County, the only place in Florida where there's evidence the virus was spread by mosquitoes. But infections were reported in people in South Florida who said they hadn't been in that county.

Zika virus: CDC advises South Florida men not donate sperm due to Zika

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