Mosquitoes carrying EEE found in New Bedford

By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff

Mosquitoes carrying Eastern equine encephalitis were found this week in New Bedford, public health officials announced today.

It is the fifth time this summer that insects infected with the virus have been found in Massachusetts. Earlier this week, the state reported that mosquitoes with Eastern equine, which kills up to 50 percent of people who fall ill with the infection, had been detected in Raynham, which like New Bedford is in the southeast corner of the state.

Previously, insects with the virus were discovered in Berkley, Carver, and Halifax. No human cases of Eastern equine encephalitis have been reported in Massachusetts since 2006.

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