PENOBSCOT COUNTY, Maine — A person from Penobscot County has tested presumptive positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE).

Also known as EEE, it is one of four equine encephalitis viruses. The others are Western and Venezuelan equine encephalitis and West Nile virus. As with the other three, EEE originates in birds ...

we continue to detect EEE virus, some of which are being found in new communities in Connecticut," said John Shepard, medical entomologist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.

Of particular concern is eastern equine encephalitis, a rare disease that can lead to serious and fatal illness, caused by mosquitoes carrying the virus. Known as EEE or “triple E,” the virus can ...

(WJAR) — The final Rhode Island mosquito report of 2024 found no additional traces of eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile virus, or Jamestown Canyon Virus. The Rhode Island Department of ...

According to the report, additional eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile virus, or Jamestown Canyon Virus were not found in samples. The last traps that were collected were back on October 15 ...

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