Follow-up Studies of St. Louis Encephalitis in Florida
Authors: GORDON J. AZAR
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1965)

Article1 August 1965Follow-up Studies of St. Louis Encephalitis in FloridaHealth Questionnaire FindingsGORDON J. AZAR, M.D., JAMES O. BOND, M.D., G. LINDSEY CHAPPELL, B.S., ALFRED H. LAWTON, M.D., PH.D.GORDON J. AZAR, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JAMES O. BOND, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, G. LINDSEY CHAPPELL, B.S.Search for more papers by this author, ALFRED H. LAWTON, M.D., PH.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-63-2-212 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe Tampa Bay area of Florida has been a known focal point of St. Louis encephalitis virus activity since 1959 when 68 cases and 5 deaths were reported in Pinellas County (1). In the late fall of 1961, a second outbreak of 25 cases with 7 deaths occurred in three of the four counties around the Bay; 9 of these were in Pinellas County (2). In both of these early outbreaks, diagnoses were based on either clinical or serological evidence; and the St. Louis encephalitis virus was recovered from mosquitoes for the first time in a St. Petersburg collection made...References1. BONDBALLARDMARKUSHALEXANDER JOWCREER: The 1959 Outbreak of St. Louis Encephalitis in Florida. Florida State Board of Health Monograph No. 5, 1963, p. 2. Google Scholar2. WATERSQUICKOARDALLEN CMDTHCFK: The 1961 Outbreak of St. Louis Encephalitis in Pinellas, Manatee and Sarasota Counties. Florida State Board of Health Monograph No. 5, 1963, p. 19. Google Scholar3. LEWISJENNINGSSCHNEIDER ALWLNJ: The first isolation of St. Louis encephalitis virus from mosquitoes in Florida. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 116: 961, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. 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Public Health Service, Bethesda, Md.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Alfred H. Lawton, M.D., Ph.D., NICHD-Human Development Study Center, 830 1st Street South, St. Petersburg, Fla. 33701. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByArbovirusesLong-Term Prognosis for Clinical West Nile Virus InfectionMosquitoes and The Incidence of Encephalitis 1 August 1965Volume 63, Issue 2Page: 212-220KeywordsAgingChild healthEmotionsEncephalitisFallsHypertensionMedical servicesMosquitoesPsychiatry and mental healthRisk management Issue Published: 1 August 1965 PDF DownloadLoading ...