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  • MI: Health officials suspect first case of dangerous EEE virus in Barry County resident

    Source: https://wwmt.com/news/local/health-o...ounty-resident

    Health officials suspect first case of dangerous EEE virus in Barry County resident
    by News Channel 3Tuesday, September 15th 2020

    BARRY COUNTY, Mich. — Preliminary test results indicated Tuesday that a Barry County resident may have contracted the first case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in the area.

    Michigan Department of Health and Human Services officials said a second set of testing was expected to be completed by the end of the week to confirm the findings...

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    Source: https://www.hastingsbanner.com/possi...n-hastings-man

    Possible case of EEE found in Hastings man
    Greg Chandler • Sep 16, 2020
    A Hastings man is likely the first human case of the mosquito-borne virus Eastern equine encephalitis in Michigan.

    Jeff Wescott is currently being treated at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids, after having spent nearly two weeks at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital, including four days in the intensive care unit. State officials are treating the situation as a “suspected” EEE case, but Wescott's wife, Tina, told The Banner in an interview Tuesday that her husband was diagnosed as positive for EEE by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

    “Mayo Clinic confirmed it last week from the spinal tap fluid sent to them,” Tina Wescott said. “My husband was a healthy 58-year-old before (he was) bitten. This has completely wiped him off his feet.”...

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      Source: https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rap...-recovery.html

      Michigan’s first EEE human case in 2020 to be released from hospital recovery
      Updated Sep 24, 2020; Posted Sep 24, 2020
      By John Tunison

      GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The first Michigan person to be diagnosed with eastern equine encephalitis in 2020 is about to be released from Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital.

      Jeff Westcott, 58, of Barry County, is expected to leave the hospital Friday, Sept. 25...

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