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A fourth Michigan resident has died from rare mosquito-borne virus that has been recorded across the southern half of the state.
WWMT-TV reports that 79-year-old Stan Zalner of Battle Creek died Wednesday after contracting eastern equine encephalitis.
Ronna Bagent tells the television station that her father was hospitalized in September with severe flu-like symptoms before doctors were able to confirm the illness through blood tests.
Nine cases have been confirmed in six southern or southwestern Michigan counties. More than 30 animals — including 18 horses — in more than a dozen counties also have died from the disease. (AP)
