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Nicoletta Lanese

Rare mosquito-borne disease that can infect the brain sickens 2, kills 1 in Alabama

an extreme close-up shot of a mosquito biting into a person's skin

A rare, mosquito-spread virus that can inflame the brain recently sickened two people in Alabama, one of whom died.

Both cases of the viral disease, called eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), occurred in Baldwin County, a coastal county just west of the Florida Panhandle, the Alabama Department of Public Health reported Monday (Aug. 21).

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