Connecticut mosquitoes test positive for potentially deadly EEE virus, officials say
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Connecticut health officials are cautioning southeastern area state residents over the potentially deadly mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus after detecting virus-positive mosquitoes.
"We encourage residents of southeastern Connecticut to take simple measures such as wearing mosquito repellent and covering bare skin, especially during dusk and dawn when mosquitoes are most active," DPH Commissioner Manisha Juthani, MD, said in a statement. "While the detection of EEE virus is of concern, it is important to remember that we do not expect to see a lot of mosquito activity in the month of October."
EEE illness is rare but serious, health officials wrote, adding that mosquitoes become infected by feeding on infected wild birds. The virus is most often detected among bird-biting mosquitoes but in some cases it can be transmitted to mosquito species biting people and horses, the release reads.