Health agencies say a mosquito species capable of spreading the deadly Zika virus has been discovered in metro Las Vegas but that tests on two of the mosquitoes for Zika were negative.
Health officials traced the mosquitoes on the day of Wednesday in North Las Vegas. The mosquitoes can spread deadly Zika virus by biting an infected person who still has the virus in their blood, and then surviving long enough to bite another person after the virus has had time to multiply in their system
Southern Nevada Health District officials declared on the late Friday that a state lab tested two mosquitoes and that the third has been sent to a federal lab for confirmation.
Clark County residents had 22 cases of Zika virus in the year of 2016. One was sexually transmitted and 21 were linked with travel.
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