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The Mosquito-Borne Disease ‘Triple E’ Is Spreading in the US as Temperatures Rise

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A 41-year-old man in New Hampshire died last week after contracting a rare mosquito-borne illness called eastern equine encephalitis virus.

Four other human EEE infections have been reported this year , in Wisconsin , New Jersey , Massachusetts , and Vermont .

There is no known cure for the disease, which can cause severe flu-like symptoms and seizures in humans four to 10 days after exposure.

Half of the people who survive a triple E infection are left with permanent neurological damage.

The slow reforestation of areas that were clear-cut for industry and agriculture many decades ago is creating new habitat for insects.

Developers are building new homes in wooded or half -wooded zones in ever larger numbers.

The most effective way to protect people from this disease would be to develop a vaccine against it.

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