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Media Alerts: June 2000

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  1. U. S. Encephalitis Outbreaks Unlikely This Year June 7, 2000

    Outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases along the US East Coast are unlikely this year, according to a new "risk map" created with satellite data. Scientists at the University of Florida hope to be able to predict when conditions are ripe for another outbreak of West Nile, a form of encephalitis never seen in the New World before last year. (University of Florida release)