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eastern equine encephalitis |
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eastern equine encephalitis. See equine encephalitis. Eastern equine encephalitis A rare, sporadic, and aggressive enzootic infection by a single-stranded RNA Togavirus that primarily affects birds Vector Ornithophilic mosquito, Culiseta melanura, largely confined to the Northeast US,
especially Massachusetts; infection of horses and humans is an accidental 'dead-end', occurring when the virus is transmitted to other mosquitoes–eg, Aedes vexans, Aedes sollicitans, Coquillitidia perturbans; ±
5 human cases/yr in the US–Clinical Meningismus, lethargy, stupor, high fever, spinal pleocytosis Prognosis 30-70% mortality; severe neurologic sequelae. Cf St Louis equine encephalitis, Western equine encephalitis. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| To rule out infection with Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) and Highlands J viruses (HJV), related alphaviruses also enzootic to Florida, all EVEV-seropositive sera were screened by PRNT for antibody to these viruses by using the North American EEEV strain FL-93 (21) and HJV strain 86-31227 (22). MOORPARK - A 16-month-old show horse at a Moorpark stable died in what may be the first case of eastern equine encephalitis virus ever reported west of the Mississippi River and Texas, public health officials reported Friday. The lab ruled out the dread poultry diseases as well as eastern equine encephalitis. |
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