Health officials say there’s been another positive case of a rare mosquito-borne disease in Baldwin County.
This comes after two people in the area contracted the illness, resulting in the death of a little girl.
Health officials say EEE is a mosquito-transmitted disease that is more severe than West Nile Virus. To put things into perspective, they say around 30% of positive West Nile Virus cases result in death while the rate of death for EEE is almost 90%.
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