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France has detected its first sexually transmitted case of Zika in a woman whose partner had traveled to Brazil, the epicentre of an outbreak of the virus, a senior health official said on Friday. US officials said earlier this week they were investigating 14 reports of the mosquito-borne disease that may have been transmitted through sex, including to several pregnant women.
Francois Bourdillon, head of France’s Institute for Public Health Surveillance, said the infected woman was the country’s first confirmed indigenous case of transmission. Bourdillon said the woman had never travelled and her partner had come from Brazil. He also said that both patients were doing well.
Brazil has declared a public health emergency over Zika. There is no cure or treatment for the virus, which is usually transmitted by mosquitoes and has spread to more than 30 countries.