Eastern Equine Encephalitis -- United States
An additional horse has tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, this month [May 2018] in Marion County.
The county has now had 5 total cases of EEE reported this year [2018], 4 involving horses and one an emu. All animals were unvaccinated for EEE.
Marion County remains under a mosquito-borne illness advisory due to the number of EEE cases identified locally. The risk of disease transmission from mosquitoes to humans through bites is increased.
EEE is a mosquito-borne
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5832086&promed&0
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