2005 Summary

Massachusetts Arbovirus Surveillance - Mosquitoes

Ninety-nine mosquito samples tested positive for WNV in 2005. Positive samples were collected from 30 towns in 8 counties.

Forty-five mosquito samples tested positive for EEE virus in 2005. Positive samples were collected from 21 towns in 6 counties.

For 2005 Arbovirus Surveillance Weekly and Cumulative Reports, compiled by the Bureau of Laboratory Sciences,go to http://www.mass.gov/dph/bls/arb/arb05/arbo_2005.htm.

Please click on a county below to view results by town.

Test Results - By County
Barnstable / Bristol / Essex
Middlesex / Norfolk / Plymouth
Suffolk / Worcester
Barnstable County
City or Town / Date Collected / Species / Virus Result
Barnstable / 9/13/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Barnstable / 8/23/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Bristol County
City or Town / Date Collected / Species / Virus Result
Dighton / 9/21/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Easton / 8/8/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Easton / 9/19/2005 / Culex salinarius / WNV
Easton / 8/31/2005 / Culiseta melanura / WNV
Easton / 7/25/2005 / Culiseta melanura / WNV
Fall River / 8/23/2005 / Ochlerotatus japonicus / WNV
Fall River / 8/29/2005 / Culex pipiens / WNV
Fall River / 8/22/2005 / Culex pipiens / WNV
Fall River / 8/22/2005 / Ochlerotatus japonicus / WNV
Fall River / 9/7/2005 / Culex pipiens / WNV
Fall River / 9/7/2005 / Culiseta melanura / WNV
Fall River / 8/23/2005 / Culex pipiens / WNV
Fall River / 8/22/2005 / Culex restuans / WNV
Fall River / 8/15/2005 / Culex pipiens / WNV
Fall River / 7/26/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Fall River / 8/22/2005 / Culex pipiens / WNV
New Bedford / 8/29/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
New Bedford / 9/5/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
New Bedford / 8/29/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
New Bedford / 9/5/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
New Bedford / 9/5/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
New Bedford / 9/12/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
New Bedford / 9/12/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
New Bedford / 9/19/2005 / Aedes vexans / WNV
New Bedford / 10/3/2005 / Culiseta melanura / WNV
New Bedford / 9/5/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Norton / 8/24/2005 / Culex pipiens / WNV
Norton / 9/13/2005 / Culex restuans / WNV
Norton / 8/9/2005 / Culex pipiens / WNV
Rehoboth / 9/26/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Swansea / 9/13/2005 / Culex pipiens / WNV
Essex County
City or Town / Date Collected / Species / Virus Result
Amesbury / 8/24/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Georgetown / 8/31/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / EEE
Ipswich / 9/1/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Ipswich / 9/1/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Ipswich / 8/25/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Ipswich / 8/25/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Lynn / 9/14/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Lynn / 8/24/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Rowley / 8/31/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Swampscott / 8/31/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Middlesex County
City or Town / Date Collected / Species / Virus Result
Belmont / 8/18/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Cambridge / 9/7/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Cambridge / 9/7/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Holliston / 9/12/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Holliston / 9/23/2005 / Culex species / WNV
Lexington / 9/15/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Melrose / 9/16/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Newton / 8/3/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Newton / 8/3/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Newton / 8/3/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Newton / 8/10/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Newton / 8/10/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Newton / 8/10/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Newton / 8/10/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Newton / 8/10/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Newton / 8/10/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Newton / 8/10/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Newton / 9/9/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Newton / 9/9/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Newton / 9/9/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Newton / 8/10/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Waltham / 9/20/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Weston / 9/9/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Wilmington / 9/23/2005 / Culex species / WNV
Norfolk County
City or Town / Date Collected / Species / Virus Result
Brookline / 9/7/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Brookline / 8/24/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Brookline / 8/24/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Brookline / 8/24/2005 / Culex salinarius / WNV
Brookline / 8/31/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Brookline / 8/10/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Brookline / 9/7/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Brookline / 9/16/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Brookline / 9/16/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Brookline / 8/31/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Holbrook / 9/27/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Needham / 9/7/2005 / Culex pipiens / WNV
Needham / 9/13/2005 / Culex pipiens / WNV
Needham / 9/13/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Needham / 8/23/2005 / Culex pipiens / WNV
Needham / 10/4/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Needham / 8/16/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Weymouth / 9/27/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Weymouth / 9/30/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Wrentham / 8/29/2005 / Ochlerotatus japonicus / EEE
Plymouth County
City or Town / Date Collected / Species / Virus Result
Abington / 9/13/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Abington / 9/13/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Abington / 9/12/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Bridgewater / 9/15/2005 / Culex salinarius / WNV
Carver / 9/5/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Carver / 8/17/2005 / Coquillettidia perturbans / EEE
Carver / 8/29/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Duxbury / 8/5/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Halifax / 8/22/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Halifax / 9/1/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Halifax / 9/5/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Halifax / 9/7/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Hanover / 9/7/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Hanover / 9/14/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Hanson / 9/13/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Kingston / 8/22/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Kingston / 9/12/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Kingston / 7/27/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Kingston / 7/27/2005 / Coquillettidia perturbans / EEE
Kingston / 8/1/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Kingston / 7/25/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Kingston / 9/19/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Kingston / 8/1/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Kingston / 9/28/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Kingston / 8/8/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Kingston / 8/10/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Lakeville / 9/26/2005 / Culiseta melanura / WNV
Lakeville / 9/12/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Lakeville / 9/19/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Middleborough / 8/9/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Middleborough / 9/29/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Norwell / 9/13/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Norwell / 8/23/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Pembroke / 8/1/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Pembroke / 9/9/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Rockland / 9/7/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Suffolk County
City or Town / Date Collected / Species / Virus Result
Boston / 9/21/2005 / Culex salinarius / WNV
Boston / 9/13/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Boston / 9/13/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Boston / 9/16/2005 / Culex species / WNV
Boston / 9/9/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Boston / 9/8/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Boston / 8/24/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Boston / 8/17/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Boston / 8/16/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Boston / 8/10/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Boston / 8/10/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Boston / 8/10/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Winthrop / 9/7/2005 / Culex pipiens / WNV
Winthrop / 8/24/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Winthrop / 8/17/2005 / Culex pipiens/restuans complex / WNV
Worcester County
City or Town / Date Collected / Species / Virus Result
Westborough / 9/27/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Westborough / 9/23/2005 / Culiseta melanura / WNV
Westborough / 9/23/2005 / Culex species / WNV
Westborough / 8/25/2005 / Culiseta melanura / EEE
Westborough / 8/24/2005 / Culex salinarius / WNV
Westborough / 8/16/2005 / Culex species / WNV