Risk of a U.S. Zika virus outbreak may be highest in southern Texas and South Florida
 

Risk of a U.S. Zika virus outbreak may be highest in southern Texas and South Florida
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Cities in southern Florida and southern Texas, including Houston, Miami and Orlando, are at greater risk of seeing a Zika virus outbreak in the coming summer months compared to more **rtherly locations in the U.S., according to a new study.*

However, there is some risk of an outbreak even in cities in the Mid-Atlantic, including New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, and as far west as Los Angeles, the study found.*

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Animation showing the varying extent to which meteorological conditions can favor populations of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the Zika virus, in 50 U.S. cities throughout the year.

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