How to Use equine encephalitis in a Sentence

equine encephalitis

noun

• The virus is called eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE.
  — NBC News, 29 Aug. 2019
• Eastern equine encephalitis has been on everyone's minds for the past month or so.
  — courant.com, 17 Oct. 2019
• In Brazil, the mosquitos have been found to be infected with diseases such as the yellow fever virus and the Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2021
• Of them all, Eastern equine encephalitis is the deadliest.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2019
• It has also been shown to hobble alpha viruses that cause equine encephalitis, the Ebola virus and others.
  — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2021
• The mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis is rearing its head in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2020
• The Eastern equine encephalitis virus is capable of causing severe brain damage that can kill up to a third of its human victims.
  — Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• Eastern equine encephalitis is one of the deadliest mosquito-borne viruses in the United States.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2020
• Eastern equine encephalitis was reported in a 14-year-old Belgian mare in Otter Tail County.
  — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2019
• Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito.
  — Naseem S. Miller, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 July 2018
• Eastern equine encephalitis, which is found in the eastern half of the U.S. and some parts of southeastern Canada, causes mild flu-like illness in most people who contract the virus from an infected mosquito.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 Nov. 2019
• To reduce the spread of eastern equine encephalitis and other mosquito-borne diseases, the state has sprayed millions of acres in recent years with a pesticide found to contain significant amounts of PFAS.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2021
• The request to stay inside is only for residents of certain counties in the southern half of the state, where seven human cases of EEE, short for eastern equine encephalitis, have been reported this season.
  — NBC News, 18 Sep. 2019
• The spraying is set to begin Sunday night and will include portions of 14 counties, including 13 where eastern equine encephalitis has been confirmed in humans or animals.
  — David Eggert, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2019
• Sophia Garabedian was hospitalized early last month with Eastern equine encephalitis, which can cause deadly brain swelling.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 5 Oct. 2019
• Hard frosts have eliminated the risk of the deadly Eastern equine encephalitis virus in areas of eight counties, and the unusually cold weather set to hit Massachusetts this week could kill more mosquitos.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2019
• The dangerous but rare Eastern equine encephalitis virus is flaring up in Michigan, state health officials say, and has been confirmed in two people in Berrien and Kalamazoo counties and is suspected in five more people.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2019
• Eastern equine encephalitis is a rare but serious mosquito-borne viral disease in people and horses.
  — courant.com, 4 Sep. 2020
• State public health officials have found Eastern equine encephalitis virus in mosquitoes collected in three areas south of Boston.
  — Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2019
• Like all mosquitos, the Aedes scapularis can spread disease — this one, in particular, is known for its ability to transmit yellow fever to humans, heartworms to dogs and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus to horses, researchers say.
  — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Mar. 2021
• Eastern equine encephalitis is a rare but potentially fatal illness caused by mosquito bites.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 22 Sep. 2019
• Horses, other animals and humans can be infected by Eastern equine encephalitis, also known as EEE, a virus transmitted by a mosquito bite.
  — Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2020
• An adult from Barry County is suspected of having the rare and dangerous mosquito-borne virus Eastern equine encephalitis, health officials announced Tuesday.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 15 Sep. 2020
• Although no human cases have been reported, several horses and emus have tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis virus, which is spread through mosquito bites.
  — Stephen Hudak, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 May 2018
• The rare and potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus eastern equine encephalitis is spreading in Michigan, state health officials announced Thursday.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2020
• In addition, mosquitoes carrying eastern equine encephalitis virus have been identified in two towns this season: Hampton and Stonington.
  — courant.com, 4 Sep. 2020
• One such compound, called molnupiravir, was developed in 2019 by researchers at Emory University and has been tested against viruses including influenza and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2021
• Scientists first recognized eastern equine encephalitis as a horse disease in Massachusetts.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
• Connecticut health officials are cautioning southeastern area state residents after the potentially deadly mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus was detected for the first time this year.
  — Keira Wingate, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2021
• No mosquito samples this year have tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis, another mosquito-borne disease.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 July 2020

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