EEE has come to Vermont. Here’s what you need to know about this mosquito-based virus.

Culiseta melanura mosquito. Photo via the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionA blood-sucking creature that comes at dusk is frightening Vermonters this summer. No, it’s not a vampire. It’s Culiseta melanura — one mosquito species responsible for spreading the eastern equine encephalitis virus, a rare and sometimes fatal disease. A man in New Hampshire died of the disease in August, and a person in Chittenden County has recently tested positive for the viru