[Music] welcome to latest update program the topic of discussion is deadly Triple E mosquito virus recently the United States has recorded this year's first death from a rare mosquito bone virus the virus is officially called Eastern equin entis virus also known as Triple E this rare but severe virus was first identified in horses in Massachusetts in 1938 since then there have been 118 human cases and 64 deaths from the virus in the state Based on data from the massachus Department of Public Health in humans the virus attacks the central nervous system and can cause inflammation or swelling of the brain the virus is found in North America and the Caribbean while human cases primarily occur in western and Gulf Coast states of the USA this can be attributed to a complex Ecology of several different bird spe species and mosquitoes which are reliant on Arbor swamps for breeding moreover the black tailed mosquito the main carrier of the virus is found primarily in the Eastern USA Mexico and the Caribbean the virus typically circulates in Birds located in hardwood sparms unlike Birds infected humans and horses are dead and host meaning they do not have enough virus in their blood to transmit triple EV to a mosquito that may bite them this means they cannot pass on the virus to other animals or humans symptoms in humans typically appear 4 to 10 days after infection now is the time for practice question recently which of the following countries recorded the first death from a rare Eastern inen anilus virus in 2024 Tanzania United States of America Japan or Spain send the answer of this question in the comment section thanks for watching for more informative content like share and subscribe and do not forget to press the Bell icon to get the notifications