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51³Ô¹ÏÍøÃâ·ÑApp’ sewer sleuths, who came to prominence during the pandemic tracking coronavirus through wastewater, are on the trail of another emerging threat: monkeypox.

The Southern Nevada Health District announced Thursday that it had received nearly 3,000 additional doses of the monkeypox vaccine as the U.S. declared a public health emergency to bolster the federal response to the spread of the disease.

Monkeypox virus is being detected in wastewater coming from the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÃâ·ÑApp Strip and from at least one treatment plant in the region. There are now 23 probable and confirmed cases of the communicable illness in Clark County residents, according to the local health district.

There are now 23 probable and confirmed cases of monkeypox in Clark County as of Aug. 1, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.

23 confirmed and probable cases in Clark County, so far

Monkeypox has been detected in sewage in southern Nevada, suggesting there are more infections than the 23 cases reported in Clark County, a 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó researcher said Monday.

51³Ô¹ÏÍøÃâ·ÑApp virus authorities are looking at sewage water to determine the spread of a new potentially deadly outbreak.

Monkeypox has been detected through Southern Nevada’s wastewater surveillance program, a 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó researcher said Monday.