MA: 2020 EEE - 5th case reported - Plymouth Co. woman

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Source: https://www.southcoasttoday.com/new...ositive-for-eastern-equine-encephalitis-virus

Middleboro resident positive for Eastern equine encephalitis virus
By Cody Shepard / The Enterprise
Posted at 4:16 PM Updated at 4:16 PM

Town Manager Robert G. Nunes said the Massachusetts Department of Public Health informed the town of a human case on Monday afternoon.

MIDDLEBORO — A Middleboro resident is the first person to test positive for the Eastern equine encephalitis virus this year in Massachusetts.

Town Manager Robert G. Nunes said the Massachusetts Department of Public Health informed the town of a human case on Monday afternoon.

“We just received notice from the MASS DPH that a human case of EEE/WEST NILE has been reported in Middleborough,” he wrote in a Facebook post...

 

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Source: https://boston.cbslocal.com/2020/08...mpton-county-woman-second-case-massachusetts/

Woman Becomes Second EEE Case In Massachusetts This Year
August 15, 2020 at 1:59 pm

BOSTON (CBS) — The second human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in Massachusetts was announced Saturday. The Mass. Departement of Public Health said a woman in her 60s was exposed to EEE in Hampton County.

The EEE risk level has been raised to critical in Wilbraham, high in Hampden and Monson, and moderate in Chicopee, East Longmeadow, Ludlow, Palmer, and Springfield...

 

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Source: https://www.enterprisenews.com/news...ositive-for-eastern-equine-encephalitis-virus

Halifax man in his 90s positive for Eastern equine encephalitis virus
By Cody Shepard
The Enterprise
Posted at 4:23 PM Updated at 4:23 PM

The state Department of Public Health announced Wednesday afternoon that a Plymouth County man in his 90s contracted the rare but serious and potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease.

HALIFAX — A Halifax man in his 90s has tested positive for the Eastern equine encephalitis virus, the state’s third human case this year.

The state Department of Public Health announced Wednesday afternoon that a Plymouth County man in his 90s contracted the rare but serious and potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease and is presenting meningoencephalitis, which is inflammation of the brain caused by an infection...

 

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Source: https://www.capecod.com/newscenter/health-officials-announce-fifth-human-case-of-eee-this-season/

Health Officials Announce Fifth Human Case of EEE this Season
September 21, 2020

PLYMOUTH – A fifth human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus infection in the state has been confirmed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

The woman in her 60s was exposed to EEE in Plymouth County.

EEE is a rare but potentially fatal disease that can affect people of all ages.

Four municipalities are at critical risk, ten are at high risk, and 17 are at moderate risk for EEE in the state of Massachusetts.

Gabbrielle Sakolsky, Superintendent and Entomologist with the Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project, said that a dry summer has helped keep mosquito populations down this year...