BILLINGS — Health officials say a Yellowstone County man in his 50s has been diagnosed with the Zika virus.
County Health Officer John Felton tells The Billings Gazette the man, whose name has not been released, was infected with the virus during his travels in a “Zika-infested area.” Felton, who also is CEO of RiverStone Health, declined to say where the man had traveled.
The state’s first diagnosed case of the Zika virus was reported in a Missoula County woman in February. She had recently returned from a Zika-affected area and is not pregnant.
The virus has been linked with microcephaly in children born to women who had the infection. Zika is caused by a virus spread by the bite of an infected mosquito species that is not found in Montana.