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Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), commonly called Triple E or sleeping sickness (not to be confused with African trypanosomiasis), is a disease caused by a zoonotic mosquito-vectored Togavirus that is present in North, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean. EEE was first recognized in Massachusetts, United States, in 1831, when 75 ...
Eastern equine encephalitis has a Massachusetts town on edge. The disease usually spreads to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. ... which included 12 cases and six deaths. The state ...
A New Hampshire resident has died from a rare mosquito-borne brain infection called Eastern equine encephalitis, health officials said on Tuesday, marking the state's first known human case of the ...
August 27, 2024 at 3:01 PM. August and September are prime months for mosquito activity in the U.S. A New Hampshire resident has died from eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, a rare but deadly ...
The Western equine encephalomyelitis virus is the causative agent of relatively uncommon viral disease Western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE). An alphavirus of the family Togaviridae, the WEE virus is an arbovirus (arthropod-borne virus) transmitted by mosquitoes of the genera Culex and Culiseta. [2] WEE is a recombinant virus between two other ...
Equine encephalitis is a family of horse diseases that also affect humans. Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain. Several forms of viral encephalitis can infect equines, and these include: Eastern equine encephalitis virus. Japanese encephalitis virus. Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus. Western equine encephalitis virus. West Nile virus.
Steven Scott Perry was identified as New Hampshire’s first death from Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus in a decade. States across the eastern U.S. are on high alert for the disease.
A rare and dangerous mosquito-borne illness is spreading through New England, putting states on high alert with one death already confirmed following an infection. Cases of eastern equine ...