How Does 2020 Compare To 2019 In Terms Of Mosquito-Borne Disease Rates In Massachusetts?
Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) is a mosquito-borne disease that is becoming more common in several US states, most notably in Massachusetts where 12 individuals contracted the disease during 2019. Every year in the US, an average of 11 people contract EEE from...
Everything Residents Should Know About The Invasive Asian Tiger Mosquito In Massachusetts, And Their Potential For Transmitting Disease
During the summer of 2017, an entomologist with the Bristol County Mosquito Control Project, Todd Duval, received a phone call from a New Bedford homeowner about unusually aggressive mosquito pests that had attacked her two children during the daytime. The two...
Experts Believe That The Extremely Dangerous Asian Tiger Mosquito Will Soon Become Established In All Areas Of Massachusetts
Aedes albopictus, or the “Asian tiger mosquito,” has been rapidly expanding its invasive habitat range in the United States since the species was first documented in the country back in 1985. The first Asian tiger mosquito (ATM) specimens found in the US were...