2 additional cases of Zika virus confirmed in Arkansas; total at 4

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By Brandon Riddle 

This article was published April 26, 2016 at 4:42 p.m.

A researcher holds a container with female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes at the Biomedical Sciences Institute in the Sao Paulo's University, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. The Aedes aegypti is a vector for transmitting the Zika virus. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

 

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Two additional cases of the mosquito-linked Zika virus have been confirmed in Arkansas, bringing the total number of in-state cases to four, according to the Arkansas Department of Health.

Department spokesman Meg Mirivel said one of the Arkansas residents had traveled to central/south America, while the other contracted the virus during a trip to the Pacific islands. The dates of those trips were not immediately known.

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Two additional cases of the mosquito-linked Zika virus have been confirmed in Arkansas, bringing the total number of in-state cases to four, according to the Arkansas Department of Health.

Department spokesman Meg Mirivel said one of the Arkansas residents had traveled to central/south America, while the other contracted the virus during a trip to the Pacific islands. The dates of those trips were not immediately known.

In January, the first Arkansas resident tested positive for Zika, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazettepreviously reported. A second case was confirmed in the state earlier this month.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the virus is spread through mosquito bites and through sexual contact by a man to his partner.

Pregnant women who contract the Zika virus are most at risk for complications, according to the health department.

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