As Clark County’s mosquito population grows each summer, an increasing number of valley residents are reporting mosquito sightings in their neighborhoods.

Summerlin appears to be getting hit particularly hard by the irritating pests. With ample water installations like decorative ponds and golf course water hazards, researchers at UNLV’s Parasitology & Vector Biology Lab have said the master-planned community has created places for mosquitoes to breed and thrive.

Mosquitoes can cause more than just itchy bumps. They serve as vectors for disease and can carry viruses that kill hundreds of thousands of people around the world every year. The health district found mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus this summer, but has not reported any human cases of the disease this year.

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