Is a virus that affects birds and horses and rarely humans.
Mosquito
spread it.
A vaccine exists for horses but not people.
Symptoms
are a high fever, headache, lethargy and vomiting.
Some
may progress to coma and death.
This
disease can be detected by blood tests but no specific treatments
exist.
It
affects roughly 10 people per year in the U.S.A.
Eastern
Equine Encephalitis resources
Center for Disease Control CDC http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/arbor/eeefact.htm
Florida Cooperative Extension's Electronic Data Information
Source http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN179
Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca
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