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41-Year-Old In New Hampshire Dies From Serious Mosquito Virus Eastern Equine Encephalitis 41-Year-Old In New Hampshire Dies From Serious Mosquito Virus Eastern Equine Encephalitis
41-Year-Old In New Hampshire Dies From Serious Mosquito Virus Eastern Equine Encephalitis One person has died and two others in the Northeast have been infected this summer with a rare but serious mosquito-borne disease. Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) is caused by a virus spread to people through the bite of an infected mosquito, similar to the West Nile virus. On Tuesday, Aug. 27, an adult from the town of Hampstead, in southeastern New Hampshire who tested positive for EEE died, the New Hampshire Department of Public Health announced. He had been hospitalized with the illness. The man has been identified by his family as 41-year-old Steven Perry, according to ABC…

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by Joe Lombardi