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A holidaymaker has been left in a coma after becoming the first suspected European victim of a deadly virus.
Michael Nicholson, from Livingston, West Lothian, contracted the little known "Triple E" bug from a mosquito bite in the US, his family said.
It is thought the 35-year-old painter and decorator was bitten while fishing in New Hampshire this summer.
Mr Nicholson's relatives said if he lives he is expected to be severely disabled for the rest of his life.
He is being treated in Edinburgh's Western General Hospital.
The virus, known as Eastern Equine Encephalitis or Triple E, is regarded as one of the most serious mosquito-borne diseases on the North American continent.
It is found mainly in the eastern regions of the US and has a 35% mortality rate.
'No cure'
Symptoms develop after three to 10 days, and include flu-like illness, inflammation of the brain, coma and death.
Michael's sister Sharan McKenzie, also from Livingston, said she wanted to warn other holidaymakers travelling to New England about the dangers of the virus.
British tourists heading to the area are given no official warnings about the potential risk, she said.
Mrs McKenzie, 38, said: "There is no cure and there is no vaccine, so all you can do is try and prevent yourself being bitten.
US health records reveal 220 confirmed cases of Triple E between 1964 and 2004, an average of five per year.
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*ข้อมูลจาก ศูนย์ควบคุมและป้องกันโรค เกี่ยวกับ EEEV
