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In late January, the first concerns about the Zika virus began to surface in the state of Florida. By February, the first alert was issued and Santa Rosa County had reported its first and, to date, only case of the mosquito-borne illness which was travel-related. On Feb. 2, the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County said there were a total of nine cases in the state and all were travel-associated cases.
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