3Novices:Officials confirm Zika-related death in Utah was a man

Utah health officials say the Zika-infected person who died last week of an undetermined cause was a man.

Salt Lake County Health Department spokesman Pam Davenport confirmed the gender Monday of first person in the continental United States to die while infected with the virus.

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The unidentified elderly man suffered symptoms of the disease and died after traveling abroad to an area with a Zika outbreak. Officials say he suffered from another health condition and it’s unclear exactly how the virus played into his death in late June.

The virus causes only a mild illness in most people, but infection during pregnancy can lead to severe birth defects. It’s spread mainly through the bite of a tropical mosquito.

A man from Puerto Rico, a US territory, also died in February.

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