The department said both patients have fully recovered.
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Florida has a total of 42 confirmed Zika cases, the health department said, including 17 in Miami-Dade and six in Broward. A list of affected countries is available at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The cases were reported to the department last week.
Health officials released no information about where the woman lives, where she traveled or how long she was in a Zika-affected area.
“In general, it’s going to be a mild self-limiting viral illness like we all get two or the times a year”, Dr. Kent Heyborne told CBS4 Health Specialist Kathy Walsh.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that doctors had confirmed the presence of Zika virus in the tissue of infants who died from microcephaly.
It is believed to be the first known case of Zika virus in Chicago, officials said.
Colombia’s National Health Institute said Monday that it found no evidence to link the Zika virus with the birth defect microcephaly in the case of a baby born with the condition. Only 1 in 5 people infected with Zika virus show symptoms.
If Ohioans contract the Zika virus at home, the culprit likely will be the Asian tiger mosquito. Because of the possible association between Zika in pregnant women and certain birth defects, it is recommended that pregnant women contact their healthcare provider about travel.
Chan, on a conference call with reporters, said the symptomatic man’s travel was to one of the countries in South or Central America, where the virus has become a major health concern.
The woman. who is not pregnant, sought care from her primary phyisician and was not hospitalized.
All infections have reportedly occurred in people who had traveled overseas, and five still have symptoms.
The Zika virus is mainly transmitted from mosquitoes.
Caribbean travel is often a topic of conversation at this point in the winter, but the Zika Virus has also entered the equation. Zika is a disease spread through the bite of an infected mosquito in tropical climates that leads to flu-like symptoms, fever, rash, red eyes and muscle pain.
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For anyone who is planning to visit the affected countries, prevention is the best approach to avoiding Zika virus infection.
