Health department officials have been busy trapping and testing mosquitoes in the area. Every year mosquitoes are tested around the state to find out the types of mosquitoes and to see if they are carrying any viruses. There have not been any mosquitoes found in Ohio so far carrying the Zika virus. Allen County Public Health officials say mosquitoes from the area have been sent in and results are pending, but western Ohio is susceptible to west Nile infected mosquitoes.
"Last year, we had about 35 cases statewide. This year in tests that have taken place, we haven't got a recent result, but at least five or six have shown positive West Nile mosquitoes. A lot of West Nile cases took place up near Toledo, Williams County, those areas," Brandon Fischer with the Health Department, said.
Fischer says the state provided the local health department with four new mosquito traps. Any residents that have concerns about mosquitoes, can request to have a trap set up in their yard and they can contact the health department at 419-228-4457.
