EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS Bioterrorism Agent Profiles for ...

Causative Agent: Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) is a mosquito-borne illness caused by an alphavirus of the Togaviridae family. Routes of Exposure: Humans are ...

CDC | Bioterrorism Agents/Diseases (by category)

Viral encephalitis (alphaviruses, such as eastern equine encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, and western equine encephalitis]); Water safety ...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) Virus Biological Agent ...

Description: Eastern equine encephalitis virus is a positive sense, single stranded RNA virus in the genus Alphavirus and the family Togaviridae ...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

This virus has also been considered a potential bioterrorism weapon given its airborne transmission. The case-fatality rate described is 30%, with neurologic ...

Bioterrorism Agents/Diseases | Emergency Preparedness & Response

V · Variola major (smallpox) · Vibrio cholerae (cholera) · Viral encephalitis (alphaviruses [e.g., Venezuelan equine encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, ...

Human antibodies protect against aerosolized Eastern equine ...

Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) is one of the most virulent viruses endemic to North America. No licensed vaccines or antiviral therapeutics are ...

WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS Bioterrorism Agent Profiles for ...

WEE is caused by a virus that is a member of the family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus. It is closely related to Eastern and Venezuelan equine encephalitis ...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis Agent Information Sheet

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEEV) is an alphavirus in the family Togaviridae. They are small, enveloped virus with a genome consisting of a ...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus - an overview - ScienceDirect.com

The horse does not develop a sufficient level of viremia with EEE and WEE to act as a reservoir or an amplifying host for these viruses. However, EEE virus can ...

Chemical/Biological and Decontamination Agent Information

Mild EEE cases often occur as febrile headache or aseptic meningitis. Severe infections are marked by acute onset of headache, high fever, ...

Resurgence of Interest in Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Vaccine ...

Vaccines have been in development for over 80 yr with renewed interest in the past decade. The earliest EEEV vaccine work described was in 1938 ...

Host Preference Profile In An Area Of Eastern Equine Encephalitis ...

EEEV could be used as a bioterror agent [5]. With EEEV, as with other Alphaviruses. VEE and WEE, there is the potential for transmission not only by mosquito ...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)

Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) is an extremely rare but serious and often fatal infection that causes encephalitis or inflammation of the brain.

Test of Recrudescence Hypothesis for Overwintering of Eastern ...

Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV; family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus) epizootics are infrequent, but they can lead to high mortality in infected ...

Dynamics of eastern equine encephalitis virus during the 2019 ...

Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) causes a rare but severe disease in horses and humans and is maintained in an enzootic transmission ...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus - AABB

• Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV). 7.2 | Disease agent ... • Classified as bioterrorism agent by the CDC. (Category B). 7.6 | Common ...

Equine encephalomyelitis (Eastern) - WOAH

EEE virus is present in the Americas and can cause disease in both humans and equids with encephalitis in most clinical cases.

Infectious Substances – Eastern equine encephalitis (EEEV ...

E/WEEV are considered potential threats as a bioterrorism agent via aerosol spread when used as a bioweapon or in experimental settings. However ...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis | Vermont Department of Health

Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) is a rare but serious disease caused by a virus and spread by infected mosquitoes.

Leukocyte Response to Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus in ...

... bioterrorism agents because of their properties ... Leukocyte profile changed significantly with infection status in gray catbirds experimentally infected with ...