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Flooding from Tropical Storm Irene appears to have spawned a new wave
of particularly aggressive mosquitoes in Vermont, keeping the threat of
a potentially fatal disease alive well into the fall, according to the
state Health Department.
“The flooding seems to have caused another hatch,” Erica Berl, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the Vermont Department of Health, said Friday.
Mosquitoes can carry Eastern equine encephalitis, a virus that last week killed emus at a farm in Brandon.
In addition to emus, the virus can cause illness in horses, alpacas, llamas and people. No cases in people have been reported in Vermont. Read More
“The flooding seems to have caused another hatch,” Erica Berl, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the Vermont Department of Health, said Friday.
Mosquitoes can carry Eastern equine encephalitis, a virus that last week killed emus at a farm in Brandon.
In addition to emus, the virus can cause illness in horses, alpacas, llamas and people. No cases in people have been reported in Vermont. Read More
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