More Andover Mosquitoes Test Positive For EEE

ANDOVER, MA — For the second time this month, mosquitoes collected in Andover tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis. The town was notified Friday about the test results for the mosquitoes, which were collected on Haggetts Pond Road near Gavin Circle and on Chatham Road. The Northeast Massachusetts Mosquito Control and Wetlands Management District is deploying supplemental mosquito traps to the other areas this weekend, and the town will spray for mosquitoes between 8 p.m. and midnight Monday, weather permitting.

Andover was scheduled to spray for mosquitoes Thursday and Friday after an earlier, positive test for EEE. The mosquitoes in that test came from two pools near Abbot Street. On Friday, new tests of the Abbot Street pool came back negative.

The town posted additional information about EEE, the testing and spraying on its website. While EEE cases in humans are rare, it can be fatal or cause serious neurological problems. Andover Health Services posted tips on avoiding mosquito bites on its website, as well as a fact sheet on EEE.