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.

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