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louie
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 Posted - 09/25/2006 : 12:40:20 PM
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BREAKING NEWS
The state department of public health says a 58-year-old woman from Everett has died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis. It's the second EEE death this year.
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bbpolitical
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Posted - 09/26/2006 : 06:56:35 AM
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Originally posted by louie
BREAKING NEWS
The state department of public health says a 58-year-old woman from Everett has died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis. It's the second EEE death this year.
Yikes! That's close too home. That's terrible
I am an average resident of Everett who would like to see more communication about anything and everything to do with Everett |
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Fran
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Posted - 09/26/2006 : 08:37:51 AM
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| Not that it makes it any better, it was reported she went to SE Mass over labor day and may have got infected there. |
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Lori
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Posted - 09/26/2006 : 09:15:35 AM
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A 58-year-old Everett woman has died of Eastern equine encephalitis, making her the state’s second casualty this year of the mosquito-borne virus.
State public health officials declined to identify the woman, who fell ill Sept. 11 and was hospitalized a day later. She died Sept. 18, according to a state Department of Public Health spokesman.
“This time of year the risk is lower, but there’s still a risk,” said Dr. Al DeMaria, DPH director of communicable disease control. “In the next few weeks we have to be careful.”
The woman made a Labor Day trip to Southeastern Massachusetts, where EEE-infected mosquitoes have been found in large numbers. But state health and local mosquito control officials say there is no way of telling where she caught the disease.
There is no history of EEE in Everett, but they are trapping mosquitoes in the woman’s neighborhood to test for EEE, DeMaria said. Those results are expected in a few days.
The news of the woman’s death stunned the city.
“She could have gotten it anywhere. The poor woman,” said Lorraine Bruno, a member of the city’s Common Council. The city does does take mosquito control measures, including larvicide treatments.
Last month, a 9-year-old boy from Middleboro, John Fontaine, died after contracting the virus. Residents of Fairhaven, Lakeville and Acushnet also have contracted the virus this year.
State health officials yesterday also confirmed the state’s third case of West Nile virus this year, in a 55-year-old Billerica woman. She was not hospitalized and is recovering.
Symptoms of the mosquito viruses range from mild flu-like illness to inflammation of the brain and coma. According to state health officials, about three of every 10 human cases is fatal.
The department recommends wearing long pants and long-sleeved shirts, using mosquito repellants containing DEET, eliminating standing water around homes and installing or repairing screens.
The EEE threat will continue until the first hard frost, while the risk for West Nile will continue through the fall.
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richie
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Posted - 09/27/2006 : 08:42:35 AM
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She was just overwhelmed’: Kin mourn beloved Italian mom as EEE testing continues
By Laura Crimaldi
Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - Updated: 08:05 AM EST
Mosquito-borne Eastern equine encephalitis claimed the life of a beloved Italian mother who lived for her children, her tomato garden, her kitchen and her little dog, Jack.
As state health officials try to determine whether mosquitoes carrying EEE drifted into Francesca Cerminara’s Everett neighborhood, her family warned yesterday that anyone could be stricken by the disease that took her life.
“This really caught us by surprise,” said her son, Angelo. “Within a few days she progressed to the condition that she was in and she was just overwhelmed.”
Cerminara, 58, died Sept. 18 at Massachusetts General Hospital, seven days after complaining of a headache. She is the state’s second EEE fatality this year.
Over the Labor Day weekend, Cerminara, who emigrated from her native Italy 12 years ago, attended a feast of Madonna della Luce in Hull. EEE-infected mosquitoes have been found in large numbers in Southeastern Massachusetts, but where she contracted the disease is a mystery.
“It doesn’t matter where you are, you may be exposed to EEE,” Angelo Cerminara said.
There have been no prior signs of EEE in Everett. Results of state testing in Everett should be ready today, a state health official said. The East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project also is testing two wetland areas in neighboring Malden, said Superintendent David Henley.
Cerminara’s children described her as a feisty woman who loved to bake bread, grow tomatoes and zucchini and play with her the family dog, Jack. Although she only spoke a little English, Cerminara watched the Food Network’s “Emeril Live” religiously, copying down recipes in between the chef’s signature outbursts of “Bam!”
She married her husband, Santo, in 1972 after a year of swapping love letters. The romance started after Santo’s uncle sent him a picture of Cerminara while he was working as a carpenter in Germany.
“No matter who came to the house, she would force you to eat. You wouldn’t come out of the house unless you were about to explode,” said her daughter, Anna. “Everybody who knew her, loved her.”
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Lori
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Posted - 09/27/2006 : 09:08:00 AM
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| this is very sad Frances was a neighbor of mine and I still can't believe it. |
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theodore rex
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Posted - 09/30/2006 : 8:42:39 PM
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| God Bless this poor women and her family. |
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