August 31, 2007
WEB EXTRA: More infected mosquitoes found in Bridgewater (By Kyle Alspach, Enterprise staff writer )
Bridgewater has become a hotspot for West Nile virus, with the discovery of four pools of infected mosquitoes there this week. And more mosquitoes with Eastern equine encephalitis were found in Raynham.
In Bridgewater, West Nile virus had been found only in birds this year up until this week. On Monday, authorities found four pools of infected mosquitoes in that town, and all four pools contained a breed of mosquitoes that bites humans.
Authorities also found another pool of mosquitoes in Raynham infected with Eastern equine encephalitis, according to the state Department of Public Health. It was the third pool of EEE-infected mosquitoes found there this year. The discovery, made on Monday, was of a mosquito breed that only bites birds.
Though the viruses have been detected in communities around southeastern Massachusetts this year, no humans are known to have contracted either virus in the state in 2007. Both viruses have led to deaths in the state in recent years.
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