VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS DURING A POLIOMYELITIS EPIDEMIC: A REPORT OF FIVE CASES
Authors: I DRAVIN, J H COFFEY, W C DINE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Article1 March 1951VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS DURING A POLIOMYELITIS EPIDEMIC: A REPORT OF FIVE CASESI. DRAVIN, M.D., J. H. COFFEY, M.D., W. C. DINE, M.D., F.A.C.P.I. DRAVIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, J. H. COFFEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, W. C. DINE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-3-705 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWe have recently had occasion to study five cases of virus encephalitis admitted within a six week period during a moderately severe epidemic of poliomyelitis. Four of these were identified as western equine encephalitis and one as St. Louis encephalitis by complement fixation and neutralizing antibody studies.†A filtrable virus was found in 1924 to be the cause of a mild form of equine encephalomyelitis of horses, known in Europe for many years as Borna disease. A similar condition had also been noted in the United States for many years, but it was not until 1930 that the virus was...Bibliography1. MoussuMarchand RL: L'encephalite enzootique du cheval, Rec. I, Med. Vet. 100: 65, 1924. Google Scholar2. MeyerHoringHowitt KFCMB: Etiology of epizootic encephalomyelitis of horses in San Joaquin Valley, Science 74: 227, 1931. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. ShahanGiltner MSLT: Identity of viruses from cases of equine encephalomyelitis during 1942, J. Am. Vet. M. A. 102: 271-275, 1943. Google Scholar4. Idem. Review of epizootiology of equine encephalomyelitis in United States, J. Am. Vet. M. A. 107: 279-288, 1945. Google Scholar5. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Amarillo, Texas*Received for publication May 17, 1950.Reviewed in the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the authors are the result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.†These were performed by the Department of Virus and Rickettsial Diseases, Army Medical Department and Graduate School, Washington 12, D. C. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 March 1951Volume 34, Issue 3Page: 705-711KeywordsEncephalitisEncephalomyelitisGraduate medical educationPoliomyelitis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...