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FORT BEND COUNTY – Health officials here confirmed another Zika case in the county Monday.

Officials didn’t release details on the person or where he or she had traveled. Health officials said they expect that information to be released some time Tuesday.

There have been two confirmed cases of Zika in Fort Bend County, six in Harris County and six in the city of Houston.

The numbers are expected to go up when the weather heats up.

The Zika virus is spread to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedesspecies or yellow fever mosquito.

Unlike other breeds, the Aedes mosquitoes are most active during the day.

The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis (red eyes). The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting for several days to a week after being bitten by an infected mosquito. People usually don’t get sick enough to go to the hospital and rarely die of Zika.

Zika virus can spread from a pregnant woman to her baby during pregnancy. It has been linked to microcephaly, a serious birth defect of the brain in babies of mothers who had the virus while pregnant.

The virus can also be sexually transmitted.

There is no vaccine to prevent or medicine available to treat Zika virus. The best way to avoid Zika virus infection is to prevent mosquito bites.

Mosquito repellent will be a must-have this spring and summer and there are other precautions you should take.

“It breeds in containers,” said Dr. Mustapha Debound, Director of Harris County Mosquito Control. “Empty them, drain them so that we can deny the mosquito to breed in our backyards or front yards.”