EEE VEE WEE

Question 1

Birds, rodents, and mosquitoes are

Answer 1

reservoirs

Question 2

Hundreds of horses get EEE per year due to

Answer 2

poor vaccination history

Question 3

Horse and humans are

Answer 3

dead end hosts

Question 4

EEE mortality

Answer 4

~90%

Question 5

WEE mortality

Answer 5

~50%

Question 6

Clinical disease occurs during

Answer 6

mosquito season; late summer early fall

Question 7

VEE mortality

Answer 7

~90%

Question 8

Clinical signs

Answer 8

Obtunded mentation
Ataxia (clumsy)
Paralysis
Ultimately stupor 
Irregular gait
Grinding of teeth
Incoordination
Circling
Head pressing
Hyperexcitability
Profound depression: sleeping sickness

Question 9

Which has the highest mortality

Answer 9

EEE

Question 10

CNS disease more likely in

Answer 10

young animals

Question 11

More neuroinvasive

Answer 11

EEE and VEE vs WEE

Question 12

Treatment

Answer 12

support (sling, fluids)
corticosteroids
tranquilizers
diuretics (decrease edema in brain/spinal cord)

Question 13

Prevention

Answer 13

vaccination

mosquito control

Question 14

VEE is prone to large

Answer 14

outbreaks

Question 15

EEE fatal human cases per year

Answer 15

~10