August 9, 2012 (BOSTON)  State health officials are reporting the season's first human case of eastern equine encephalitis, but say the victim may have gotten the illness on a trip out of state.

The Department of Public Health says the man, who is in his 60s, lives in Middlesex County, where no triple-e has been found in mammal-biting mosquitoes this year.

A mosquito with triple-e was collected in Brewster last month.

The man became ill July 28th after traveling to the mid-Atlantic region and has been released from a hospital.

Triple-e bearing mosquitoes have been found at dangerous levels in southeastern Massachusetts.