Spain records first case of ***ually transmitted Zika virus
 

MADRID: Spain has recorded its first k**wn case of the Zika virus being ***ually transmitted, after a woman contracted it from her partner after he returned from a Latin American country, health authorities in Madrid said on Friday.

The mosquito-borne Zika virus has been linked to thousands of cases of the microcephaly birth defect in countries such as Brazil, which has declared a public health emergency over the disease. The birth defect is marked by babies born with brain ab**rmalities and undersized heads.

The woman's partner had been diag**sed with Zika shortly after returning from an unspecified country in Latin America in either late April or early May, a spokesman for Madrid's health authorities said.

The woman, who is from Madrid, probably contracted it just after he returned, the spokesman said. Spanish media reported that the woman is **t pregnant.

Before the an**uncement of the new case, Spain had 158 k**wn cases of Zika infections at last count, all of which resulted from traveling overseas.

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