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EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS, EQUINE - USA (FLORIDA) (02)
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Date: Sat 28 Apr 2007
Source: GIDEON
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The relative importance of Eastern Equine Encephalitis [EEE] in the
United States has been overshadowed by the emergence of neuroinvasive
West Nile fever (WNF) virus infection. The graphs referenced below
illustrate the relative incidence of older forms of arboviral
encephalitis:
<http://exhibit.gideononline.com/EEE-USA.jpg>
and the dominance of WNF since 2003:
<http://exhibit.gideononline.com/WNF-USA.jpg>
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Communicated by:
Prof. Steve Berger
<mberger@post.tau.ac.il>
Geographic Medicine
Tel Aviv Medical Center
[see also:
Eastern equine encephalitis, equine - USA (FL) 20070427.1367]
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