Central Florida got its first confirmed case of the Zika virus as state health officials reported a case in Osceola County on Friday.

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There have not been any locally-acquired cases of the Zika virus in Florida, they said, and none of the state cases involve pregnant women.

However, health experts are now trying to protect blood banks and sperm banks from getting the Zika virus through an infected person.

Donation centers are warning donors that if you have traveled to a Zika-infected area of the world, you should not donate any bodily fluids for a month. 

At Cryos International in Orlando, sperm donors help make pregnancy possible. But with the outbreak of the Zika virus in 30 countries, a new travel warning is putting a pause on some donations. 

“There’s not a lot of testing that can be done before, so the only thing that we can do at this time is say, 'If you’re been there and there’s a possibility that you’ve had it, we can’t use you for that,” said Corey Burke, the tissue bank director at Cryos.

The Zika virus has been linked to serious birth defects, such as microcephaly, in which babies are born with small heads and brains. 

“We need to protect our clients who are going to use the sperm we serve,” Burke said. “We don’t want anyone to have affected children. So it is a big concern for us.”

The donation recommendation is to wait 30 days after returning from travel to those affected areas. 

“After 30 days, they should be clear of the virus and should not be a problem for the donated materials,” Burke said.

Local blood banks such as OneBlood are taking similar precautions. Officials are asking donors to wait 28 days before donating blood.

“The safety of our blood supply is paramount to everything we do,” said Dr. Rita Reik, the chief medical officer for OneBlood.

While these are all precautionary measures, the real fear is what will become of the donation process if and when the Zika virus is spread to our local mosquito population. 

“That is the million-dollar question,” Burke said. “If it becomes endemic in the U.S. or Florida in particular, what will we do with our sperm donors?”

Burke said that if the Zika virus were to start spreading throughout our mosquito population tomorrow, donation centers may have to shut their doors.

He said donation centers quickly need an FDA-approved screening procedure that can be used for all kinds of bodily fluids.

Earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the first confirmed case of the Zika virus acquired in the U.S. was sexually transmitted.

According to the CDC, fever caused by the Zika virus is generally mild. Other symptoms include a rash and joint pain. Right now, researchers are looking at a possible link between the virus and babies exposed during pregnancy.