La Crosse Encephalitis -- United States
Lake County [Ohio] has a confirmed human case of La Crosse encephalitis, a viral disease spread to people by the bite of an infected _Aedes triseriatus_ (Eastern tree hole) mosquito.
It's the 3rd case of La Crosse encephalitis in the county in the past 10 years and the 1st since 2014, according to the Lake County General Health District.
The health district stated in a [10 Dec 2019] news release that it was notified of the confirmed case by the Ohio Department of Health.
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Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6833908&promed&0
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