A patient in Michigan who contracted Eastern equine encephalitis, a rare mosquito-borne virus that causes brain swelling, has died, according to health officials.
Three cases of EEE have been confirmed in Michigan, the state's Health and Community Services Department announced on Friday.In Massachusetts, seven people have been diagnosed with the virus, including a 5-year-old girl.
The virus can cause inflammation in the brain and kills about a third of the people who contract it, according to the CDC.There is no treatment or vaccination for EEE, and children and elderly people tend to have the worst prognosis, Dr. Todd Ellerin, director of Infectious Diseases and vice chair of the Department of Medicine at South Shore Health in Massachusetts, told ABC News last month.
EEE can affect humans, horses and birds. About 90% of horses that test positive for the virus die, according to Michigan health officials.
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