PRO/AH/EDR> Eastern equine encephalitis – North America (12): USA, Canada, deer, horse

— United States
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) Saturday [29 Aug 2020] confirmed this year’s [2020] 1st positive detection of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in a mammal.
DEM’s Division of Law Enforcement (DLE) responded to a report of a white-tailed deer — disoriented and walking in circles — in North Kingstown on 21 Aug 2020. DLE euthanized the animal, and its tissues were subsequently tested for EEE by RIDOH’s Rhode Island