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'''NOTIFIABLE''' and '''ZOONOTIC''' infectious mosquito-borne disease of equidae. The same virus strains can cause serious human disease as well as infecting poultry and other farmed birds including quail, ostriches and emus. The disease is not directly contagious between horses and man.
Viraemia during the acute phase of EEE and WEE. Incubation period of 1-3weeks after experimental infection with EEE or WEE. Incubtion often shorter with EEE. Central nervous system (CNS) replication within a week
Viraemia during the acute phase of EEE and WEE. Incubation period of 1-3weeks after experimental infection with EEE or WEE. Incubtion often shorter with EEE. Central nervous system (CNS) replication within a week