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Article: Eastern equine encephalitis - Florida, Eastern United States, 1991. (cases reported in northern Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, Mississippi, New York and Kentucky)
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- August 9, 1991
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The Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) has confirmed five human cases of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in elderly residents of Bradford, Duval, and Washington counties in northern Florida (Figure 1). Dates of illness onset were in mid-June and early July (Figure 2). One patient partially recovered and has residual neurologic deficits, two patients remain comatose, and two patients died.
From July 1 through July 19, the Duval, Bradford, Leon, and Saint Johns county health departments issued public health alerts after high seroconversion rates in sentinel chicken flocks were detected or after human or equine cases were confirmed,
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