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Zika virus is coming and we're not ready, U.S. experts say

It may not spread much — most U.S. areas don't have the right conditions for widespread transmission — but even a little is too much, officials said.
A health worker sprays insecticide to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmits the Zika virus under the bleachers of the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 26, 2016. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP)
A health worker sprays insecticide to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmits the Zika virus under the bleachers of the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 26, 2016.
By Maggie Fox, Maggie Fox and Erika Edwards, Erika Edwards
Zika virus is going to start spreading in the U.S. and the country's not ready for it, experts said Tuesday.