Some researchers say that the best way to treat Zika is to prevent it from spreading in the first place.
State public health officials keeping an eye on the Zika virus say they now have the ability to test for it in-state.
Before the announcement Tuesday, the state had to send any samples to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta for testing.
The state said testing in Connecticut will save time and allow public health officials to react more quickly, if need be.
This news comes as health experts worldwide are looking to better understand, prevent, and treat the Zika virus. But some are saying that the best way to treat the virus is to prevent it from spreading in the first place.
Durland Fish is a professor emeritus of microbial diseases at the Yale School of Public Health. Speaking earlier this week on WNPR's Where We Live, he said controlling mosquito and tick populations would help limit the spread of various diseases -- not just Zika.
"Rather than trying to control six different diseases caused by the deer tick, why not try to figure out how to control the deer tick?" Fish said. "Put some of the resources into studies on tick control. And the same for all of these mosquito-borne diseases -- four of them -- major diseases caused by one single species of mosquito. So, to me, it doesn't make sense to go after all of these diseases. Go after the vector populations."
