One of two people with EEE virus in Kalamazoo County dies

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Officials in Kalamazoo County say a person who contracted a mosquito-borne virus called eastern equine encephalitis has died.

Mlive reports that the Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services said in a statement Friday that the person was one of two in the county to contract the virus.

Read more on the deadly virus here: 

• Michigan girl fighting for life after diagnosis of rare mosquito-borne disease EEE
• 3 possible human cases of deadly mosquito virus EEE being investigated in Michigan
• Two cases of EEE confirmed in horses in Kalamazoo, St. Joseph counties