Health Department urges New York residents to take precautions to prevent mosquito bites after confirming the first human ...

While West Nile virus and EEE are viral infections that most commonly affect horses, humans and birds, neither is zoonotic ...

2:06 What is the deadly ‘Triple E’ mosquito virus spreading through northeastern U.S.? Eastern equine encephalitis, on the other hand, is not “nationally notifiable.” Instead, it is ...

And with peak mosquito season comes a rise in mosquito-borne illnesses, including West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). Because these vector-borne diseases affect multiple species ...

The New York State Department of Health says two mosquito samples collected last week have tested positive forEastern equine ...

West Nile virus, eastern equine encephalitis, dengue, malaria and Zika virus are examples of diseases that are spread to people and other animals by the bite of an infected mosquito. For example ...

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI — Both West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) infection were detected in a Kalamazoo ...

Eastern equine encephalitis is a rare but serious infection caused by a virus spread to humans by mosquitoes. The EEE virus can attack the central nervous system and cause brain damage or death.

Mosquitoes most often transmit eastern equine encephalitis, western equine encephalitis and Venezuelan equine encephalitis after the insects have acquired the virus from birds and/or rodents.

A magnified and colorized image of tissue extracted from a mosquito infected by eastern equine encephalitis. The virus has been found in horses in 10 upstate counties in recent weeks — and now ...

The declaration of an imminent threat allows Cayuga County to take swift action in response to the confirmed cases of EEEv, ...