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US (FL): Zika mosquitoes may have bred in bromeliads

Florida health officials said Thursday they found the Zika virus in mosquitoes trapped in the Miami Beach area, and blamed popular tropical plants known as bromeliads.

Florida also announced two more cases of locally acquired Zika, presumably spread by mosquitoes there.

That makes for 49 home-grown cases in Florida.

Miami Beach officials redoubled mosquito eradication efforts, imposing fines for people who leave standing water, ripping out the the moisture-loving bromeliads and asking residents to do the same.

Read more at NBC News
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