2024-09-25 22:21:07
September 26, 2024 | 00.21
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Eastern equine encephalitis is on alert in the US. New York Governor Kathy Hochul explained the mosquito-borne disease “a imminent danger to public health“, after the death in Ulster County of the first large population of the disease that has been recorded in the state of NY since 2015. Hochul urged citizens to follow the recommendations aimed at reducing the risk of diseases caused by smoke, taking the more state institutions work and strengthen the coordination between the state and the official community.
Eastern equine encephalitis – we read in a communication from the state of New York – is one A rare but serious viral disease that is spread by infected mosquitoes and can affect horses and humans. Infection can occur at any age, but those over 50 and under 15 are at the highest risk.
While most people bitten by an infected mosquito do not develop symptoms, in severe cases headache, high fever, chills and vomiting may occur suddenly; Then the symptoms can progress to confusion, tremors, encephalitis and coma. About one-third of patients with the disease diewhile many who passed it suffered muscle damage. On the market there is no immunity for eastern equine encephalitis. The best defense is to avoid mosquito bites.
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