Massachusetts health officials report season’s first EEE positive mosquito sample - WCVB Boston

Massachusetts health officials announced Friday the first discovery of the Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus in mosquitoes this year.

The presence of EEE was confirmed by the Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory in a mosquito sample collected on July 1 in the community of Orange in Franklin County.

Health officials said no human or animal cases of EEE have been detected so far this year.