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Town urges curfew over mosquito-spread disease that kills up to 50% of people

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Eastern equine encephalitis ( EEE ) kills between 30 and 50 percent of people who are stricken.

EEE virus is spread by mosquitoes in certain swampy areas of the country.

In humans, the virus causes very few cases in the US each year .

To date, there have been only three cases of EEE this year .