Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) and Western equine encephalitis (WEE) are mosquito-borne viral diseases that primarily affect horses east and west of the Mississippi River, as their names imply. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last reported cases of EEE and WEE in horses, other animals, and humans in 1997. Since then, only summaries of human encephalitis
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