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Two local boys recovering from rare, dangerous mosquito-bourne disease

Blaise Congeni, MD, the director of infectious disease at Akron Children's, discusses La Crosse encephalitis, a rare and dangerous disease that is spread through mosquito bites. Two local children recently contracted the disease but are doing better. Originally aired on http://www.fox8.com on October 8, 2018.

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