EEE case detected in Northwood

FILE — A Cattail mosquito is held up for inspection Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute, in South Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)

FILE — A Cattail mosquito is held up for inspection Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute, in South Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File) Pat Wellenbach

Monitor staff

Published: 09-03-2024 3:52 PM

Modified: 09-04-2024 9:44 AM


Another case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus, or EEE, has been detected in a horse, this time in Northwood, according to the state Department of Health.

Epsom, as a result, raised its arboviral risk to moderate from low, the town said in an email that went out to residents Tuesday afternoon.

A Hampstead resident died late last month, the first human case since 2014, when three people were infected and two died.

EEE is a rare mosquito-borne virus. About a third of people who develop encephalitis from the virus die.

An earlier version of this story said the case was in a human. The story has since been updated.

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