Eastern equine encephalitis, generally referred to as its abbreviation EEE, generally has about 7 cases yearly in the United States. However, there have already been 30 cases in 2019. Humans cannot catch it from another human – humans catch the disease when a mosquito bites a horse infected with EEE and then bites a human, so the main prevention recommendation is to avoid mosquito bites.
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