From 2009 to 2018, there were only 30 deaths from Eastern Equine Encephalitis. This year there have already been at least 27 cases and seven deaths.
three times. That’s because EEE is not the easiest thing to diagnose. Lots of different microbes can cause encephalitis including viruses like HSV , EBV , WNV , and the measles and mumps viruses. Diagnosing EEE involves finding antibodies against the EEEV in your blood or spinal fluid, otherwise known as CSF. Not all clinics and hospitals may have this test. Not all doctors may be thinking of EEE since it is typically so rare. Therefore, some cases of EEE could be missed.
Just because you are bitten by a mosquito carrying the EEE virus or EEEV, doesn’t mean that you will get EEE., if you do get infected with EEEV, you have only a 4 to 5% chance of developing EEE. Ah, but if you do develop EEE, in which your brain becomes inflamed and can swell, things are far from swell. You have about a 30% chance of not surviving. Even if you do survive the initial infection, you can have major disabilities, which can kill you later or at least significantly affect your life.
Oliver Ames High School field hockey players practice on a Wednesday afternoon in Easton, MA. Like many schools in communities at serious risk for the rare but deadly EEE virus, Oliver Ames has moved its Friday night football games to SaturdayCurrently, there’s no vaccine against EEE that anti-vaxxers can tell you not to get. Therefore, the only thing to do to prevent EEE is to avoid mosquito bites in areas that those winged suckers may be carrying EEEV.
School officials in Massachusetts and Michigan have moved high school football games to avoid higher mosquito activity times due to EEE risk as shown by this tweet:It is unclear why exactly 2019 is seeing an uptick or rather an upskeeter in EEE cases. The question is whether this is a one year bump or the beginning of an upward trend in EEE due to changing climate conditions. Climate change is real and has a real impact on insect populations and disease transmission.
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