ASEPTIC MENINGITIS, A DISEASE OF DIVERSE ETIOLOGY: CLINICAL AND ETIOLOGIC STUDIES ON 854 CASES
Authors: Charles V. Adair, Ross L. Gauld, Joseph E. Smadel
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Article1 October 1953ASEPTIC MENINGITIS, A DISEASE OF DIVERSE ETIOLOGY: CLINICAL AND ETIOLOGIC STUDIES ON 854 CASESCHARLES V. ADAIR, ROSS L. GAULD, M.D., JOSEPH E. SMADEL, M.D.CHARLES V. ADAIR, ROSS L. GAULD, M.D., JOSEPH E. SMADEL, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-39-4-675 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSporadic cases of infection of the central nervous system, presumably of viral origin, contribute much of the material received by a virus diagnostic laboratory. The present report is concerned with an analysis of material of this type submitted over a period of 11 years from military personnel, veterans and their dependents in the United States. 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