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Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus

Two New Mosquito Samples Test Positive For EEE Virus In Suffolk Two New Mosquito Samples Test Positive For EEE Virus In Suffolk
Two New Mosquito Samples Test Positive For EEE Virus In Suffolk Two more mosquito samples on Long Island have tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis virus, the Suffolk County Health Department announced. Two samples of Culiseta melanura species collected on Tuesday, Oct. 1, tested positive of the virus, officials announced. No new samples tested positive for West Nile virus. To date, Suffolk County has reported 77 mosquito samples that have tested positive for West Nile virus and nine that have tested positive for EEE. On Tuesday, Sept. 17, Suffolk County reported two human cases of West Nile virus. Suffolk County has had no human cas…