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Michigan’s first case this year of Eastern equine encephalitis was detected in a horse in Van Buren County, the state announced. ... 12 wild birds and one person, according to the news release.
Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), ... In North America, passerine birds are the main reservoirs of the virus, and Culiseta melanura is the main enzootic vector.
Health officials in Massachusetts are warning about the risk of contracting Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEE) after a person developed the mosquito-borne disease earlier this month.
Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) is a rare but serious disease that lives in birds and can be transmitted to horses and humans by mosquitoes.
Like many other species of birds, the yellow-crowned night heron is an intermediate host and amplifier of the eastern equine encephalomyelitis (EEE) virus (sleeping sickness). This common virus in the Southeast of the United States is lethal to horses and can be to humans as well.
The deadly mosquito-borne illness eastern equine encephalitis has been confirmed in two Texas horses, marking the first reported cases of the disease in the state.
Culiseta melanura, the black-tailed mosquito, is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae.It is found mainly in the eastern and central United States. Adult female C. melanura primarily take their blood meals from birds and are responsible for transmitting the eastern equine encephalitis virus between birds.
Eastern equine encephalitis is spread to humans through bites from infected mosquitoes. The virus can cause a fever, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, behavioral changes, and drowsiness ...