Cuba reports first case of Zika, imported via Venezuelan woman

An Aedes aegypti mosquitoe is seen inside the IAEA laboratory in Seibersdorf (Copyright Reuters 2016)

HAVANA – Cuba reported its first case of Zika on Wednesday, with official media saying it was diagnosed in a 28-year-old Venezuelan woman whose husband and brother-in-law previously contracted the virus in Venezuela.

Zika, which is suspected of causing birth defects after infecting pregnant women, is carried by mosquitoes, which transmit the virus to humans.