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Associate Professor of Medical and Veterinary Entomology, University of Tennessee. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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La Crosse Virus is the Second-Most Common Virus in the US Spread by Mosquitoes – And Can Cause Severe Neurological Damage in Rare Cases Your Health

La Crosse Virus is the Second-Most Common Virus in the US Spread by Mosquitoes – And Can Cause Severe Neurological Damage in Rare Cases

For the Laudick family of Greensburg, Indiana, life forever changed on Aug. 5, 2013. That was the day 4-year-old Leah Laudick told her mom, Shelly, that she had a bad headache. Two days later, Leah was hospitalized nearby with worsening headaches and a slightly elevated white blood cell count. She slept for most of the […]

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