ND resident tests positive, Ziki virus

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Health Department says a state resident has tested positive for the Zika virus – the first such case in the state.
 
     The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the case in a woman who traveled to Puerto Rico while pregnant. She was not identified.
 
     The Zika virus can cause microcephaly, a severe birth defect in which babies are born with abnormally small heads. It is spread by mosquitoes and sexual contact.
 
     The Health Department says no Zika-related problems have been identified in the woman’s baby. The agency plans to monitor the infant for a year.
 
     The CDC said recently that no local mosquito-borne Zika virus disease cases have been reported in the U.S., but there have been 388 travel-associated cases.