NDDH Report: Widespread EEEV-Positive Mosquitoes across Northeast CT
Widespread EEEV-Positive Mosquitoes across Northeast CT NDDH Provides Prevention Tips to Avoid Mosquito-Transmitted Illness BROOKLYN – The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) has identified Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEEV) positive mosquitoes from testing sites in eight CT municipalities including Hampton, Killingly, Thompson, and Woodstock. Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEEV) is spread to people through the bite of infected mosquitoes. According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), EEEV infections can result in fever, chills, body aches, and joint pain, or neurologic disease with symptoms that may include fever, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, behavioral changes, drowsiness, and coma. [...]