Days after similar news came out of Reading, mosquitos infected with eastern equine encephalitis have now been detected in Lynnfield, according to a Monday Boston Globe report. The news came the same day that Wakefield announced it would be spraying for mosquitos on Wednesday.

The Globe article noted that along with the EEE-positive mosquito sample that turned up in Reading earlier this month, insects infected with the virus have also been detected in Hamilton and Haverhill. However, those two previous towns apparently had EEE turn up in mosquitos more likely to bite birds instead of humans.

In Wakefield, an announcement posted on the town website said that the spraying will run in town between dusk and midnight, north of Prospect Street and North of Salem Street. The announcement from the town also advised residents to close their windows facing the street and to go indoors for a few minutes if a truck passes while they are outside.

State officials announced earlier this month that a man in his 60s from the Merrimack Valley had contracted West Nile Virus, which has reportedly been detected in at least 48 Massachusetts communities in 2012.

This news comes only a few days after Lynnfield sprayed for mosquitos along Main Street up to Route 128, which is part of its border area with Reading.

Wakefield residents can also get more information via a recorded message at 781-893-5759 or at www.sudbury.ma.us/services/health/emmcp/ If residents have any questions related to spraying or any questions on mosquitoes, call the East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project at 781- 899-5730.