AUGUSTA, Maine —The Zika virus is becoming more prevalent in Maine, but officials say there is no reason to panic.

There are now seven confirmed cases of the virus in Maine, but Dr. Siiri Bennett, director of the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that all of the patients were traveling when they caught the virus.

"There are only two species of mosquitos that are known to carry the Zika virus," she said. "Those two species of mosquitos are not found in Maine. The mosquitos that we find in Maine are other species, and those are the ones that transmit other diseases, but they do not transmit Zika."

Bennett also said that while men can transmit the virus through sexual contact, it is most commonly transmitted through mosquito bites.

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