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Published: Wed, September 12, 2007 - 9:35 am
Last Updated: Wed, September 12, 2007 - 9:44 am
The Baldwin County Health Department tells News 5 a child has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis. The child lives in Gulf Shores and is being treated at a Mobile hospital. The child's age has not been released. Earlier this summer, EEE was detected in sentinel chickens in the Orange Beach area and in Lillian. This month alone, three other sentinel chickens, one from the Loxley area, one from the Silverhill area and one from the Foley area tested positive for West Nile Virus. Symptoms include high fever, severe headaches, confusion and seizures. Doctors say you can protect yourself from EEE by using a Deet-based repellent. Baldwin County Health Department established a mosquito control program in 2003 that includes surveillance activities such as mosquito trapping and testing and sentinel chicken surveillance. These activities are conducted to monitor for mosquito-borne diseases and track mosquito populations.
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