Zika is not South Florida’s only infectious disease issue, Syphilis is rising

Autochthonous, or locally transmitted Zika virus infection has likely occurred in the Miami, Fl area, as four cases have been reported and has dominated media coverage online and on television. CDC Director, Dr Tom Frieden said, "All the evidence we have seen indicates that this is mosquito-borne transmission that occurred several weeks ago in several blocks in ["]