While the territory is trying to combat the spread of the Zika virus, Epidemiologist Magele Scott Anesi tells the media a theory on how the first local Zika case came to be.
At last report, the suspected number of Zika cases has reached 362 of which 14 are confirmed, including 6 pregnant women.
According to Magele one theory that the Department of Health is that American Samoa’s first Zika case was an exposed transmission, meaning it did not originate locally but through an avid traveler.
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The DOH epidemiologist believes the virus was exported in rather than developed locally.
