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2024-03-03 14:02:20 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 12946E6E7F7A946BF06332E5CF551568EA01232F4B9D6C55C931BA64942CF774
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This occurred in Aug, 2023. The virus being referred to is the Eastern equine encephalitis virus: https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/22/health/eastern-equine-encephalitis/index.html#:~:text=Eastern%20equine%20encephalitis%20is%20a%20rare%20but%20serious,which%20spreads%20through%20the%20bite%20of%20infected%20mosquitoes. Between six to eight cases of this virus are annually reported in the United States. It was first identified in humans in 1938, during an outbreak in Massachusetts: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557692/
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