Until recently the well known Zika virus was only being contracted (directly from mosquito's) outside of the United States.Zika is spread mostly by the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. Unfortunately this is not the case anymore. The amount of people bite by Zika carrying mosquito's has surged in the last couple of weeks in Miami, Florida. The total rate of infection now at an astounding 14 people. Despite Miami's efforts to spray insecticides the mosquito's do not seem to be dying, this could be because of breeding in obscure places or not being harmed by the type of insecticide used.

picture from : http://wncn.com/2016/02/19/1st-case-of-zika-virus-confirmed-in-nc/

Fortunately for Florida, Zika unlike west nile does not house the disease in animals. Zika is a very real threat to the health and well being of future generations. Unfortunately i believe that we do not even know the extent to which Zika effects fetus' as well as the mother and therefore scientist and doctors truly need to devote time to stopping this virus from spreading even more.

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/zika-carrying-mosquitoes-eluding-control-efforts-miami