As the state approaches the peak of summer mosquito activity, officials from the New Jersey Departments of Health, Environmental Protection and Agriculture are urging residents to take simple steps to protect themselves and their communities from mosquito bites and possible disease transmission.

“Protecting public health is a shared responsibility,” said Raynard E. Washington, New Jersey health commissioner.

While the most commonly-reported mosquito-borne disease in the state is West Nile virus, Eastern equine encephalitis…