Eastern Equine Encephalitis -- United States
Officials at Clemson Livestock Poultry Health (CLPH) have confirmed a 15-year-old Shetland pony mare with Eastern equine encephalomyelitis (EEE). The mare, which resided in Clarendon County, was unvaccinated and is deceased.
This is Clarendon County's 1st case of EEE in an equine this year [2020], and South Carolina's 17th.
Eastern equine encephalomyelitis is caused by the Eastern equine encephalitis virus, for which wild birds are a natural reservoir. Mosquitoes that feed on
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8023714&promed&0
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