EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS IN MAN
Authors: P. W. C.
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Editorial1 August 1939EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS IN MANP. W. C.P. W. C.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-2-368 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe demonstration of the occurrence of equine encephalomyelitis in man adds another to the long list of human virus diseases. It also gives new interest and practical significance to some recent observations bearing on the epidemiology of this disease. It was first recognized by Meyer and his associates1in 1930 in a serious epizootic among horses in California. These observers isolated the virus from several animals in the earliest stages of the disease, and differentiated it from the other known viruses. They reproduced the disease in mice, rats, rabbits, monkeys, and most easily in guinea pigs, which were susceptible not...1 MEYER KF: A summary of recent studies on equine encephalomyelitis, ANN. INT. MED., 1932, vi, 645. LinkGoogle Scholar2 TEN BROECKMERRILL CMH: Serological difference between eastern and western equine encephalomyelitis virus, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1933, xxxi, 217-220. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 SHAHANGILTNER MSLT: Some aspects of infection and immunity in equine encephalomyelitis, Jr. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc., 1934, lxxxiv, 928-934. Google Scholar4 EKLUNDBLUMSTEIN CMA: The relation of human encephalitis to encephalomyelitis in horses, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1938, cxi, 1734-1735. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 FEEMSTER RF: Outbreak of encephalitis in man due to the eastern virus of equine encephalomyelitis, Am. Jr. Pub. Health, 1938, xxviii, 1403-1410. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 FOTHERGILLDINGLEFARBERCONNERLY LDJHSML: Human encephalitis caused by the virus of the eastern variety of equine encephalomyelitis, New England Jr. Med., 1938, ccxix, 411. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 WEBSTERWRIGHT LTFH: Recovery of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus from brain tissue of human cases of encephalitis in Massachusetts, Science, 1938, lxxxviii, 305. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 SCHOENINGGILTNERSTRAHAN HWLTMS: Equine encephalomyelitis produced by inoculation of human encephalitis virus, Science, 1938, lxxxviii, 410. Google Scholar9 FOTHERGILLHOLDENWYCKOFF LDMRW: Western equine encephalomyelitis in a laboratory worker, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939, cxiii, 206-207. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10 WESSELHOEFTSMITHBRANCH CECCF: Human encephalitis. Eight fatal cases, with four due to the virus of equine encephalomyelitis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1938, cxi, 1735-1741. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11 KELSER RA: Mosquitoes as vector of the virus of equine encephalomyelitis, Jr. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc., 1938, xcii, 195. Google Scholar12 MERRILLTEN BROECK MHC: The transmission of equine encephalomyelitis by Aedes aegypti, Jr. Exper. Med., 1935, lxii, 687-695. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13 TEN BROECKHURSTTRAUB CEWE: Epidemiology of equine encephalomyelitis in the eastern United States, Jr. Exper. Med., 1935, lxii, 677-685. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14 TYZZERSELLARDSBENNETT EEAWBL: The occurrence in nature of "equine encephalomyelitis" in the ring-necked pheasant, Science, 1938, lxxxviii, 505-506. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15 FOTHERGILLDINGLE LDJH: A fatal disease of pigeons caused by the virus of the eastern variety of equine encephalomyelitis, Science, 1938, lxxxviii, 549-550. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 August 1939Volume 13, Issue 2Page: 368-371KeywordsEncephalomyelitisEpidemiologyGuinea pigsRabbits Issue Published: 1 August 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...