More Than a Dozen EEE Cases Reported in Florida This Year

Florida Department of Health Officials have received reports of more than a dozen Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) cases among horses so far this year, according to the agency’s weekly arbovirus surveillance reports.

In total, 16 Florida horses have tested positive for the virus since the first case confirmation in early January in Levy County; all of the affected horses have been euthanized, the reports indicate. Cases have also been confirmed in Lake, Gilchrist (four cases), Alachua, Madison, St. Johns, Columbia, Gilchrist/Columbia (the horse had been in both counties during the two weeks prior to onset), Hamilton, Bradford (two cases), Putnam, and Hernando counties.

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