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Male Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. Zika virus is among the viruses spread by the species. Credit: Reuters/Ma Qiang/Southern Metropolis Daily

Thiruvananthapuram: A fourth case of Zika virus was reported from Kerala on Tuesday taking the infection count in the state to 23, the health department said.

“A 16-year-old Thiruvananthapuram native girl was found infected with the virus after the sample was tested at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology here,” state health minister Veena George said.