A Michigan man went from healthy to brain dead in just nine days after contracting Eastern equine encephalitis, his brother said.
Gregg McChesney, 64, was a"perfectly healthy, happy human being" less than two weeks before his August 19 death from the rare mosquito-borne virus, Mark McChesney told CNN affiliate WOOD."...Within a matter of nine days he went from perfectly healthy to brain dead," Mark McChesney said."All of a sudden he had a seizure and next thing you know, he's in the ER and he just never came out of it.
"The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday confirmed four additional cases of Eastern equine encephalitis in Southwest Michigan, including two deaths. The state has confirmed seven total cases this year, including three deaths, officials said. Gregg McChesney and Mark McChesney The virus, known as EEE, is a rare but potentially fatal mosquito-borne virus.
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