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• 8/28/2024 DEEP Mosquito Management Program to Spray for Mosquitoes in Mt. Misery Area of Pachaug State Forest

  The CT DEEP Mosquito Management Program will conduct insecticide spraying on the evening of Thursday, August 29, at Pachaug State Forest.

• 8/21/2024 DEEP Reports Case of EEE in White-tailed Deer in Connecticut

  A white-tailed deer that exhibited neurologic symptoms and died on August 12, 2024, in Lisbon, Connecticut, was infected with the EEE virus.

• 8/16/2024 DPH Announces First Case of West Nile Virus Infection this Year

  The Connecticut Department of Public Health announced that a Connecticut resident has tested positive for West Nile virus infection.

• 8/2/2024 DEEP and DPH Advise Precautions to Avoid Mosquitoes

  Due to recent CAES reports of EEE in mosquitoes in Canterbury and Voluntown, the Connecticut DEEP and DPH advise taking extra precautions to protect against mosquitoes when recreating outdoors.

• 7/23/2024 State Reports First Positive Mosquitoes for EEE Virus in Canterbury, CT

  The State of Connecticut Mosquito Management Program announced that mosquitoes trapped in Canterbury on July 16 tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus.

• 7/19/2024 Equine Owners Reminded to Protect Against Mosquito-Borne Diseases

  The Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg) reminds the state’s equine community to take appropriate measures to protect against mosquito-borne diseases this season, including eastern equine encephalitis and West Nile virus.

• 7/18/2024 State Reports Expansion of West Nile Virus

  The State Mosquito Management Program is warning Connecticut residents about the increasing risk of infection by West Nile virus this season.

• 6/26/2024 State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in New Haven

  The State of Connecticut Mosquito Management Program announced that mosquitoes trapped in New Haven on June 17, 2024, tested positive for West Nile virus.

• 7/26/2023 State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in Wethersfield

  First WNV-Positive Mosquito Pools of Season

• 6/1/2023 State Mosquito Monitoring Program Begins Testing for Mosquito-Borne Viral Diseases

  The mosquito trapping and testing program, coordinated by The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) will run from May 30 until the end of October.

• 9/1/2022 Risk of West Nile Virus Continues

  Positive Mosquitoes Detected in 23 Connecticut Towns

• 8/18/2022 West Nile Virus Expanding Throughout Connecticut

  Positive Mosquitoes Found in 17 Towns

• 7/26/2022 State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in Four Connecticut Towns

  First WNV-Positive Mosquito Pools of Season

• 6/1/2022 State Mosquito Monitoring Program Begins Testing for Mosquito-Borne Viral Diseases

  The mosquito trapping and testing program, coordinated by The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) will run from May 31 until the end of October.

• 10/2/2021 State Officials Report Positive Mosquitoes for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in Voluntown

  The Connecticut Department of Public Health is advising residents in southeastern Connecticut to protect themselves and their children from mosquitoes to reduce the chance of contracting eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus.