Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus, a re-emerging wild arbovirus in wild hosts, posing a threat to animal and human health

Abstract

This is a bibliographic review, which explains about the generalities, transmission, characteristics, genome, replication, epidemiology, infections in various species, diagnosis, treatment, control and prevention of the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEEV); causing Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), which is a zoonotic disease with worldwide epidemiological importance; It occurs with wild cycles among birds through the Culex mosquito preferably, and the latter can accidentally transmit the virus to horses and humans, where they can cause meningoencephalitis in both. The EEEV could contribute to the appearance of epidemic or epizootic outbreaks of emerging or re-emerging infections in susceptible populations; Likewise, the EEEV is of importance in wildlife (by the interaction in wild animals), animal health (causes death in horses) and public health (causes death in humans).