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, 2019-10-17
  • The virus is called eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE.
    NBC News, 2019-08-29
  • Of them all, Eastern equine encephalitis is the deadliest.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY, 2019-09-10
  • It has also been shown to hobble alpha viruses that cause equine encephalitis, the Ebola virus and others.
    Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 2021-10-01
  • The mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis is rearing its head in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 2020-09-17
  • 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, 2019-09-05
  • 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, 2021-03-16
  • Sophia Garabedian was hospitalized early last month with Eastern equine encephalitis, which can cause deadly brain swelling.
    Dakin Andone, CNN, 2019-10-05
  • Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito.
    Naseem S. Miller, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2018-07-03
  • Eastern equine encephalitis was reported in a 14-year-old Belgian mare in Otter Tail County.
    Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 2019-08-13
  • 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, 2019-09-27
  • Eastern equine encephalitis, which is found in the eastern half of the U.S. and some parts of southeastern Canada, causes mild flu-like illness in most people who contract the virus from an infected mosquito.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 2019-11-27
  • 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, 2020-07-31
  • To reduce the spread of eastern equine encephalitis and other mosquito-borne diseases, the state has sprayed millions of acres in recent years with a pesticide found to contain significant amounts of PFAS.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2021-05-31
  • Connecticut health officials are cautioning southeastern area state residents over the potentially deadly mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus after detecting virus-positive mosquitoes.
    Kayla Rivas, Fox News, 2021-10-04

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'equine encephalitis.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: