Naturally Occurring Eastern Equine Encephalitis in a Hampshire Wether

Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus

Eastern, Western and Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis Sleeping Sickness Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis (EEE), Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Eastern Encephalitis Western Equine Encephalomyelitis (WEE), Western Equine Encephalitis Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis (VEE), Peste Loca, Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, Venezuelan Encephalitis, Venezuelan Equine Fever

Eastern equine encephalomyelitis (EEE), western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE), and Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE) viruses are mosquito-borne pathogens that can cause nonspecific illnesses and encephalitis in equids (horses, mules, burros, donkeys and zebras) and humans in the Americas. Some of these viruses also affect birds and occasionally other mammals. No specific treatment is a...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Children, Massachusetts and New Hampshire,USA, 1970–2010

We describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiographic characteristics of 15 cases of eastern equine encephalitis in children during 1970-2010. The most common clinical and laboratory features were fever, headache, seizures, peripheral leukocytosis, and cerebrospinal fluid neutrophilic pleocytosis. Radiographic lesions were found in the basal ganglia, thalami, and cerebral cortex. Clinical outc...

Eco-Epidemiology of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus

Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEEV; family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus) a highly pathogenic mosquito-borne virus is endemic to eastern North America. The ecology of EEEV in Florida differs from that in other parts of the USA. EEEV in the Northeastern USA is historically associated with freshwater wetlands; however no formal test of habitat associations of EEE in Florida has been reported...

Antigenic Variants of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus

A study by hemagglutination-inhibition test showed that 19 strains of eastern equine encephalitis virus grouped themselves in two main types, which have been designated North American and South American. The former consists of ten strains from the eastern half of the United States, from Massachusetts to Florida; Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and, subject to confirmation, Thailand. The South ...