Eastern Equine Encephalitis -- United States
Humans have always lived in intimate association with arthropods that transmit pathogens between humans or from animals to humans. About 700 000 deaths due to vector-borne diseases occur globally each year, according to World Health Organization estimates. In the summer and fall of 2019, 9 US states have reported 36 human cases (14 of them fatal) of one of the deadliest of these diseases: eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), an arthropod-borne viral (arboviral) disease transmitted by mosquitoes.
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