Ottawa resident who died last month had rare mosquito-borne virus | CBC News

Ottawa resident who died last month had rare mosquito-borne virus | CBC News

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) says a resident who died in August of brain inflammation had the eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, a mosquito-borne disease that's rarely spread to humans.Like the West Nile virus, EEE is typically transmitted between wild birds and mosquitoes, according

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