Chile records Zika infection despite no Aedes vector; sexually transmitted

Aedes mosquitoes-the main vector for Zika transmission-are present in all the countries in the Americas with the exception of Canada and continental Chile. Despite that fact, Chile reported the first Zika virus infection acquired in continental Chilean territory-it was sexually transmitted. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the case (Person A) developed symptoms consistent with Zika virus ["]