it's known as Eastern eoin en sephtis or Triple E a potentially deadly disease spread by mosquitoes Triple E has been found in parts of the Northeastern United States there are cases in Massachusetts uh cases in Rhode Island cases in Connecticut uh tends to be areas that where there were a certain kind of mosquito lives that tends to be areas that used to be swamp land that's been converted and less swampy now but the mosquitoes still find good habitat very few people contract Triple E fewer than 10 most years with occasional spikes and only three cases have been detected so far this year the disease kills about 30% of those who contract it and survivors are often left disabled though it's a very rare infection we have no treatment for it uh to do this and if once someone gets it it's just all we can do is provide supportive care and it can kill people local authorities are spraying insecticides to kill the mosquitoes ordering some parks to close in the evenings and urging residents to limit outdoor activities meantime West Nile Virus another mosquito born illness is also active in the United States infecting more than 200 people so far this year including Dr Anthony fouchy the former top us infectious disease specialist fouchy was hospitalized for 6 days before being released research suggests climate change is increasing the threat presented by bites from infected mosquitoes we're going to see more severe cases especially as Summers get longer warmer and wetter Jim Spelman cgtn Washington