
California Confirms Fourth WNV Case in 2020
A San Joaquin County horse succumbed to the mosquito-borne disease. Additional California cases have been confirmed in Amador, Merced, and Stanislaus counties.
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A San Joaquin County horse succumbed to the mosquito-borne disease. Additional California cases have been confirmed in Amador, Merced, and Stanislaus counties.

This marks Lexington County’s first Eastern equine encephalitis case for 2020.

This case marks the state’s first equine death from WNV in 2020.

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The five horses are from three counties.

The horses from Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties were unvaccinated.

A voluntary quarantine was enacted following the affected horse’s diagnosis.

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The affected filly is reported as recovering from Eastern equine encephalomyelitis.

The affected horse is Horry County’s fourth and South Carolina’s eighth case this year.

No subsequent equine infectious anemia cases have been detected.
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