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More Mosquitoes Test Positive for EEE in Oswego County; Aerial Spraying Next Week

July 30, 2010 Contributor

Oswego County Public Health Director Dr. Dennis Norfleet announced today that a total of eight pools of mosquitoes collected near the village of Central Square and the Toad Harbor Swamp area have tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).

â€œThe virus activity is developing into a situation very similar to what we had in 2009 when we had a case of human EEE in Oswego County,â€ said Dr. Norfleet.

Extra:Â Read the label on the pesticide that will be used.

Also: Facts on EEE from the State Health Department.

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Oswego County Plans Aerial Spraying Wednesday, Sept. 2

August 31, 2009 Contributor

Weather permitting, the Oswego County Health Department will conduct an aerial spray of the Toad Harbor Swamp on the north shore of Oneida Lake Wednesday evening, Sept. 2. The aerial spray will begin after 6 p.m. and continue until the area has been treated.

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Oswego County Plans Aerial Spraying Saturday Evening

August 7, 2009 Contributor

Dr. Dennis Norfleet, Public Health Director of the Oswego County Health Department, said that 11 pools of mosquitoes in the Toad Harbor Swamp area have tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a rare but serious virus that is spread by infected mosquitoes, since early July.

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EEE Virus Found in Mammal-Biting Mosquitoes in Oswego County

September 10, 2008 Contributor

For the first time, county researchers have found the potentially-deadly Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus in a type of mosquito that will bite humans.Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â The good news is that cooler weather is killing off the mosquitoes.

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