First West Nile Case Confirmed In Vermont

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The Vermont Health Department says a Chittenden County adult infected with West Nile virus has been hospitalized.

The confirmation of a human case of West Nile comes after the first two cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in the state. That includes the death of 87-year-old Richard Hollis Breen, of Brandon.

The state is planning to begin aerial spraying today as part of a broader effort to control mosquitoes in an area of Rutland and Addison counties where the two people infected with EEE lived.

Both West Nile virus and EEE are spread by the bite of an infected mosquito.

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