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PRO/AH/EDR> Eastern equine encephalitis – North America (10): USA (MA)

Eastern Equine Encephalitis -- United StatesA Halifax man in his 90s has tested positive for the eastern equine encephalitis [EEE] virus, the state's 3rd human case this year [2020].The state Department of Public Health announced on Wednesday afternoon [19 Aug 2020] that a Plymouth County man in his 90s [had] contracted the rare but serious and potentially fatal mosquitoborne disease and presented with meningoencephalitis, which is inflammation of the brain caused by an infection.As a result of the Read more [...]