Public health officials throughout the country are cautioning against the rise of a rare mosquito-bo

This is downright SCARY.


What you need to know about EEE threat and the weather

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By Kevin Byrne, AccuWeather staff writer

Updated sep. 27, 2019 4:08 PM

A rare mosquito-borne virus known as EEE or Eastern Equine Encephalitis is on the rise in several states. In hard-hit Michigan, they're warning people in high-risk areas not to go outside after dusk and before dawn.

Public health officials throughout the country are cautioning against the rise of a rare mosquito-borne virus known as East Equine Encephalitis (EEE) that has produced an abnormally high number of deaths this year.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), EEE is a rare cause of brain infections and it is most common "in and around freshwater hardwood swamps in the Atlantic and Gulf Coast states and the Great Lakes region."

At least 10 people have died due to the virus this year and the worst outbreaks have occurred in Michigan and New England. In 2018, CDC data shows that only one person died and there were just six total cases of EEE throughout the country.

In Connecticut, the state’s department of transportation has been posting warnings about EEE on highway signs after a second Connecticut resident recently died due to the virus. In Michigan, school officials have moved up the start times for high school football games so more of the games are played in daylight, when mosquitoes are less frequent. ...............................



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FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2019, file photo, Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District biologist Nadja Reissen examines a mosquito in Salt Lake City. State and federal health officials are reporting a higher than usual number of deaths and illnesses from a rare, mosquito-borne virus this year. Eastern equine encephalitis has been diagnosed in a score of people in six states, and several people have died so far this year. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)