Eastern equine encephalitis--Florida, eastern United States, 1991.
The Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) has confirmed five human cases of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in elderly residents of Bradford, Duval, and Washington counties in northern Florida. Dates of illness onset were in mid-June and early July. One patient partially recovered and has residual neurologic deficits, two patients remain comatose, and two patients died.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D004683:Encephalomyelitis, Equine / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D015144:Southeastern United States / Q000453:epidemiology