Health | Zika virus 33 US Service Members Have Gotten Zika Plus 6 of their family members By Evann Gastaldo Posted Aug 3, 2016 1:29 PM CDT Copied Samples of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, responsible for transmitting dengue and Zika, sit in a petri dish at the Fiocruz Institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File) At least 33 US service members have gotten Zika while serving overseas, the Pentagon says. Six family members of service members have also gotten the virus while outside the continental US, Military.com reports. One of the active-duty service members to contract the virus is pregnant, though details about her health and that of her unborn child were unavailable. The Pentagon didn't specify the countries involved or say how many of the infected troops were still sick or back in the US, notes CNN. (Zika is being transmitted by local mosquitoes in Florida.) Read These Next Lily Allen's 'revenge dress' literally has the receipts. Louisiana mayor convicted of raping her son's 16-year-old friend. Rumors of Iran invasion swirl after Army calls off major drill. After 12-year-old boy's crash on e-motorcycle, his dad is charged. Report an error