SPINAL CORD. THAT'S A MORE SERIOUS SITUATION THERE. >> STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS IN THE MEANTIME IN MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW YORK ARE WARNING OF HIGH RISK OF FATAL MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASE BEING SPREAD. EXTREMELY RARE EASTERN EQUIP ENCEPHALITIS, TRIPLE E, IS SPREAD FROM HORSES TO PEOPLE THROUGH INFECTED MOSQUITOES. IT IS USUALLY FOUND IN EASTERN OR GULF COAST STATES. CDC SAYS THERE IS NO TREATMENT OR VACCINE AVAILABLE. ERROL BARNETT IS JOINING US FROM CENTRAL PARK TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS. BEFORE WE STARTED TALKING, I AM ALREADY FEELING ITCHY. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS. TRIPLE E HAS BEEN FOUND IN HORSES IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. ONE HUMAN CASE IN MASSACHUSETTS. WHAT THE MORE DO WE KNOW? HOW IS TRIPLE E DIFFERENT THAN SAY THE WEST NILE VIRUS? >> YOU AND ME BOTH BUT WE'VE GOT BUG SPRAY WHICH EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ON SUPPLY THIS SUMMER. WE DON'T WANT TO SCARE PEOPLE BUT THIS TRIPLE E DISEASE CAN BE DEADLY IN SOME CASES. THERE ARE SOME REPORTED CASES OUTSIDE THE BOSTON AREA NEAR WORCESTER AND MASSACHUSETTS. BASICALLY AN INFECTED MOSQUITO WILL BITE A HORSE. THERE IS NO RISK THAT IT CAN JUMP FROM HORSES TO PEOPLE OR FROM HORSES TO HORSES BUT IN RARE CASES WHERE PEOPLE ARE INFECTED BY MOSQUITOES WITH TRIPLE E IT CAN LEAD TO ON SET OF NAUSEA, HEADACHE, VOMITING. IN SOME RARE CASES ANNE-MARIE THE SYMPTOMS CAN PROGRESS TO A MUCH MORE SERIOUS ILLNESS WHICH INCLUDES COMA AND IN RARE CASES, PEOPLE WHO SUFFER WITH TRIPLE E CAN LIVE ON TO HAVE NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENTS IN LIFE. THE PROTECTIONS ARE THE SAME FOR ANY MOSQUITO BORNE VIRUS. WEAR REPELLENT. ELIMINATE BODIES OF STANDING WATER. TRY TO CLOSE ANY WINDOWS AND SCREEN DOORS TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD DURING THE END OF THE SUMMER AS WE WRAP UP THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. MORNINGS AND EVENINGS ARE WHEN MOSQUITOES ARE MORE ACTIVE. TRIPLE E IS ANOTHER TO ADD TO THE LIST BUT THERE ARE SMART WAYS TO PROTECT YOURSELF. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT WEST NILE VIRUS. THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR CASES IN NEW YORK STATE. CASES ARE LOW IN NEW YORK CITY. WHAT ACTIONS ARE OFFICIALS TAKING TO LIMIT THE POSSIBLE SPREAD? >> IT'S A GOOD REMINDER THAT IN ALL THE CASES THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG FOLKS HAVE MOST VULNERABLE. SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING HERE TO PROTECT IS ELIMINATING BODIES OF STANDING WATER. PEOPLE CAN CALL THE CITY AND ALERT THEM TO ANY BODIES OF STANDING WATER THAT THEY SEE THAT NEED TO BE WIPED AWAY OR PUT DOWN DRAINS. THE CITY IS SPRAYING FOR MOSQUITOES. PEOPLE IN NEW YORK MAY HAVE SEEN TRUCKS COMING THROUGH AND SPRAYING. ONE IS CALLED ADULTICIDE, WHERE THEY SPRAY FOR ADULT MOSQUITOES IN THE EVENING. THEY DO THIS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND PARKS. THEY DO AERIAL LARVEACIDING. APPARENTLY THAT KILLS THE MOSQUITO LARVAE BECOME THEY BECOME ADULTS. WEAR SPRAY, LONG SLEEVES. CLOSE THE DOORS. MAKE SURE THE MOSQUITOES DON'T GET AROUND. THEY'RE MOSTLY ACTIVE IN THE MORNINGS AND EVENINGS SO STAY INSIDE AND KEEP WATCHING YOUR SHOW AND KEEP CONNECTED US WITH. >> I WILL NOT ARGUE WITH THAT. USUALLY FOR ME I DON'T SPRAY UNTIL I HAVE