New Hampshire Reports First Mosquito-Borne Encephalitis Death in a Decade

Health officials said there is an ‘elevated risk’ for infections this year in New England.
New Hampshire Reports First Mosquito-Borne Encephalitis Death in a Decade
The New Hampshire State House, the state Capitol building of New Hampshire, in Concord, N.H., on Feb. 16, 2023. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
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A New Hampshire resident who was infected by the mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus has died, state health officials said.

On Aug. 27, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services reported the death of the infected individual, identified only as an adult from Hampstead, a town in the southeastern part of the state near the Massachusetts border. The patient died after being hospitalized with “severe central nervous system symptoms,” the department said.