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Mosquito-borne diseases, such as EEE and West Nile virus infection, can cause life-threatening neuro-invasive disease, including encephalitis and meningitis. (Shutterstock)
CONNECTICUT — The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station today announced it is monitoring mosquitoes for the presence of viruses that can cause illness in people, including West Nile virus and eastern equine encephalitis virus.
CAES will be trapping mosquitoes in 108 locations statewide in the program that will run from June 1 until the end of October. The first test results will be available the week of June 7.
"The mosquito monitoring program serves as an effective early warning system to detect and assess the risk of mosquito-borne diseases in Connecticut," said Philip Armstrong, medical entomologist at CAES.