Western equine encephalitis
disease
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types of encephalitis
- In encephalitis: Epidemics of encephalitis
of Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE), Western equine encephalitis (WEE), and Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus can also cause disease in humans. In the late 1960s some 200,000 people in central Colombia were infected with the Venezuelan strain, which had also spread north through Central America and Mexico and into the…
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…including Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), Western equine encephalitis (WEE), and Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE), which are among the most prevalent and are caused by strains of togavirus. The virulent Western type has a mortality as high as 90 percent in horses and 10 percent in humans. Other types include Japanese…
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