Health officials confirm Zika case in Clark County Ohio

Health officials in Clark County have confirmed that a case of Zika has been diagnosed in a person who had recently traveled abroad. The Clark County Combined Health District (CCCHD) said the person had recently returned from a known “Zika hot spot” in the Caribbean. According to the health district, there is no evidence that Zika is being transmitted locally. Health commissioner Charles Patterson said they will begin placing mosquito traps in the Willow Chase neighborhood, where the Zika patient is recovering at home, sometime early next week. “We’re looking for the Aedes albopictus mosquito which is the only one we’d see in Ohio that could potentially transmit Zika,” he said. “If we have a known case of Zika and we have the mosquito that’s known to be able to transmit it, then to us that equals we have to do additional control measures to reduce those specific mosquitoes.” Patterson said that species of mosquito has been found in Clark County before, but not in that specific neighborhood. http://nbc4i.com/2017/05/04/health-officials-zika-case-confirmed-in-clark-county/