Massachusetts health officials are advising residents to stay indoors and have implemented a 6 p.m. curfew on outdoor activities until at least October after detecting a human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) transmitted by mosquitoes.

Eastern equine encephalitis virus can cause a febrile illness or neurologic disease, including meningitis or encephalitis.

There are no vaccines to prevent or medicines to treat eastern equine encephalitis.

The timing is interesting, given that Dr. Anthony Fauci was recently hospitalized with West Nile Virus, which was also contracted from a mosquito.