Arbovirus information - Massachusetts

[McRat]

Found this link today. I wanted a more alarmist title, but since 'arbovirus' is new to me I couldn't resist using it.

With sunset occuring earlier, the skeeters have been getting thick during my evening walks. Looks like long sleeve time until we get a good frost.

 

[DrewKnight]

EEE in Newfields, NH...

For what it is worth, I heard on NHPR yesterday AM that a teenager in Newfields, NH (near Exeter) had been diagnosed with, and was gravely ill with, Eastern Equine Encephalitis. He is the second diagnosed case this season, the first being a few towns away in Newton, a small town on the MA border. Here's a link to an article in the Concord Monitor a few days back:

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/...0902/NEWS01/709020365&SearchID=73292548935957