Friday, 29 June 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Jamestown Canyon virus - USA: (NH) fatal, susp

Other Human Disease -- United States
The death of a New Hampshire man said to be infected with a rare mosquito-borne disease called Jamestown Canyon virus has raised questions as to whether he is its 1st recorded fatality.
The widow [of the deceased] says 2 separate tests found evidence of the Jamestown Canyon virus in the 56-year-old. The deceased, of Derry, died [Mon 18 Jun 2018]. His cause of death was determined to be encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain that can be caused by Jamestown Canyon virus as well as a

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5882078&promed&0

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