Southern Utah Mosquitos Carrying West Nile Virus

A side effect of global warming is the spread of insect borne tropical diseases to the temperate zones. Southwest Utah Public Health Department confirmed yesterday the discovery of the presence of the West Nile Virus in a sample of mosquitoes from the region. The West Nile virus causes the debilitating West Nile Fever, similar to Dengue Fever and West Nile encephalitis.