How to Use equine encephalitis in a Sentence

equine encephalitis

noun

• Eastern equine encephalitis has been on everyone's minds for the past month or so.
  — courant.com, 17 Oct. 2019
• It has also been shown to hobble alpha viruses that cause equine encephalitis, the Ebola virus and others.
  — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2021
• The Eastern equine encephalitis virus is capable of causing severe brain damage that can kill up to a third of its human victims.
  — Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• Eastern equine encephalitis is a rare but potentially fatal illness caused by mosquito bites.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 22 Sep. 2019
• In Brazil, the mosquitos have been found to be infected with diseases such as the yellow fever virus and the Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2021
• Spliced into the pneumonic plague’s genome are genes of equine encephalitis, which causes acute neurological symptoms.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
• Eastern equine encephalitis is one of the deadliest mosquito-borne viruses in the United States.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2020
• Sophia Garabedian was hospitalized early last month with Eastern equine encephalitis, which can cause deadly brain swelling.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 5 Oct. 2019
• State public health officials have found Eastern equine encephalitis virus in mosquitoes collected in three areas south of Boston.
  — Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2019
• Eastern equine encephalitis was reported in a 14-year-old Belgian mare in Otter Tail County.
  — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2019
• Scientists first recognized eastern equine encephalitis as a horse disease in Massachusetts.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
• Although no human cases have been reported, several horses and emus have tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis virus, which is spread through mosquito bites.
  — Stephen Hudak, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 May 2018
• The spraying is set to begin Sunday night and will include portions of 14 counties, including 13 where eastern equine encephalitis has been confirmed in humans or animals.
  — David Eggert, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2019
• Hard frosts have eliminated the risk of the deadly Eastern equine encephalitis virus in areas of eight counties, and the unusually cold weather set to hit Massachusetts this week could kill more mosquitos.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2019
• Horses, other animals and humans can be infected by Eastern equine encephalitis, also known as EEE, a virus transmitted by a mosquito bite.
  — Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2020
• The request to stay inside is only for residents of certain counties in the southern half of the state, where seven human cases of EEE, short for eastern equine encephalitis, have been reported this season.
  — NBC News, 18 Sep. 2019
• Like all mosquitos, the Aedes scapularis can spread disease — this one, in particular, is known for its ability to transmit yellow fever to humans, heartworms to dogs and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus to horses, researchers say.
  — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Mar. 2021
• The dangerous but rare Eastern equine encephalitis virus is flaring up in Michigan, state health officials say, and has been confirmed in two people in Berrien and Kalamazoo counties and is suspected in five more people.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2019
• One such compound, called molnupiravir, was developed in 2019 by researchers at Emory University and has been tested against viruses including influenza and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2021