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Report: Kalamazoo county residents contract equine encephalitis

WKAR Public Media
Published August 13, 2010 at 6:12 PM EDT

By AP

KALAMAZOO, MI –

Health officials are warning people about contracting a form of encephalitis from mosquito bites. The Detroit News reports today that two Kalamazoo County residents have contracted Eastern equine encephalitis, a disease seen in horses but rarely seen in humans.
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