Eastern equine encephalitis virus causes neurological disease, particularly encephalitis (inflammation and swelling of the brain) and is transmitted to humans via a mosquito bite.

Mosquitoes trapped in southeastern Oklahoma in early August have tested positive for West Nile Virus, the Choctaw Nation of ...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis is more serious. In addition to potentially harming humans, the virus can harm some animals, including horses. Effective equine vaccines are commercially available.

The risk level for mosquito-borne illness in Rhode Island is now "medium" after a mosquito from Bristol tested positive, the ...

Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health says a 'rare but potentially serious' case of eastern equine encephalitis virus has ...

The case-fatality rate of the virus is also described as 30% ... Approximately 30% of people infected with it develop severe ...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis is more serious. In addition to potentially harming humans, the virus can harm some animals, including horses. Effective equine vaccines are commercially available.

But eastern equine encephalitis does have a high mortality rate, especially in horses, with up to 90% of infected horses dying from the disease, according to the Center for Equine Health at the ...

The virus was found in mosquito samples collected in Bristol and East Providence in July, according to the state Department ...

It is the first human case of WNV detected in Michigan this year, said the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.