Swat teams target skeeters: Health officials take action to halt EEE vi
By Kay Lazar
Saturday, August 14, 2004
Worried that weekend rains will spawn an army of disease-carrying mosquitoes, health officials are declaring war on the bugs with stepped-up spraying and tracking to halt the spread of deadly eastern equine encephalitis in Southeastern Massachusetts.
The assault comes as a 64-year-old Brockton surveyor remains hospitalized in serious condition after he was infected, likely while working outdoors in Middleboro earlier this month.
``After all this rain passes through and it warms up, there is concern about mosquito populations increasing rapidly,'' Ralph Timperi, director of the state public health laboratory, said yesterday.
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