PENOBSCOT COUNTY, Maine — A person from Penobscot County has tested presumptive positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE).

Health officials believe a Penobscot County resident diagnosed with Eastern Equine Encephalitis acquired the disease within Maine, making it the first in-state acquisition of the illness since 2015.

Maine health officials say a Penobscot County resident became severely ill in early October and remains hospitalized.

For the second time in the last week, a sentinel chicken used by the Mobile County Health Department to detect mosquito-borne diseases in the community has tested positive for West Nile Virus.

The second, after the operation to remove the shunt, led to them discovering Pawulski had EEE. The disease is caused by a virus transmitted to humans through a mosquito bite, according to the U.S ...

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