<p>A seven-year-old girl has been found infected with Zika virus in Palghar district of Maharashtra, the state health department said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The girl is a resident of an ashram shala (residential schools for tribal children) in Talasari taluka of Palghar district located adjoining Mumbai.</p>.<p>The first-ever Zika virus case in the state was reported in Pune in July 2021.</p>.<p>The Zika virus spreads through the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito and typical symptoms of the resultant disease include fever, body ache and conjunctivitis.</p>
<p>A seven-year-old girl has been found infected with Zika virus in Palghar district of Maharashtra, the state health department said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The girl is a resident of an ashram shala (residential schools for tribal children) in Talasari taluka of Palghar district located adjoining Mumbai.</p>.<p>The first-ever Zika virus case in the state was reported in Pune in July 2021.</p>.<p>The Zika virus spreads through the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito and typical symptoms of the resultant disease include fever, body ache and conjunctivitis.</p>