America’s endless summers are good for mosquitoes, too
Outbreaks of EEE and West Nile virus have health officials on the alert
HIGH SCHOOLS in Plymouth, Massachusetts have moved kick-off times at American football games to the afternoon from the evening. Everyone has to be off the field by dusk because of worries about a rare but often deadly illness, carried by mosquitoes: Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), also called Triple E. Two people in the state have been infected. About 30% of people who develop EEE die.
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This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Nile-ism”
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