Tennessee health officials have confirmed a third case of Zika virus in Tennessee.

Health Department Commissioner John Dreyzehner says all three cases were contracted by people while they were traveling outside the country.

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Tennessee registers 3rd Zika virus case from foreign travel

Associated PressPublished: May 19, 2016, 7:14 pm

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Tennessee health officials have confirmed a third case of Zika virus in Tennessee.

Health Department Commissioner John Dreyzehner says all three cases were contracted by people while they were traveling outside the country.

Zika often causes no symptoms or mild symptoms, but it can cause the serious birth defect microcephaly if a pregnant woman becomes infected.

Health officials are concerned that people infected in another country could transmit the virus to the local mosquito population, beginning the spread of Zika within Tennessee. Zika also can be transmitted sexually, possibly for several months after infection.

Dreyzehner says Tennesseans can protect themselves and their neighbors by dumping out standing water around their homes and using mosquito repellant.

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Tennessee health officials confirmed a third case of Zika virus has been discovered in the state.

This newest case involves a Rutherford County resident who contracted the virus while traveling out of the country.

It’s unclear if the person is a man or a woman, but it is not someone who is pregnant.

The two other confirmed Zika cases have also been people who traveled out of the country to areas where Zika-infected mosquitoes are common. Health officials said Thursday that those two people are doing OK.

 

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