EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS IN A LABORATORY TECHNICIAN WITH RECOVERY
Authors: Herman Gold, Bettylee Hampil
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Case Reports1 March 1942EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS IN A LABORATORY TECHNICIAN WITH RECOVERYHERMAN GOLD, M.D., BETTYLEE HAMPIL, SC.D.HERMAN GOLD, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, BETTYLEE HAMPIL, SC.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-16-3-556 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince Meyer's original report of equine encephalomyelitis in man,1many cases of this disease have been described in the medical literature. Excellent reviews have been published by Fothergill2and by Olitsky.3Recently a proved case of encephalomyelitis in a laboratory technician was reported by Fothergill, Holden, and Wyckoff.4It resulted in death and the virus (Western type) was recovered from the brain at autopsy. We wish to report another laboratory infection. Our case is interesting because we were able, fortunately, to determine the virulence of the infective agent, its portal of entry, and the incubation period. Moreover, the titer of...References1. MEYER KF: A summary of recent studies on equine encephalomyelitis, ANN. INT. MED., 1932, vi, 645. LinkGoogle Scholar2. FOTHERGILL LD: Equine encephalomyelitis. Virus and rickettsial diseases, Harvard School of Public Health Symposium (1939), 1940, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, p. 661. Google Scholar3. OLITSKY PK: Infection with equine encephalomyelitis virus. Practice of Pediatrics (J. BRENNEMANN), W. F. Prior Company, Hagerstown, Maryland, Volume IV, Chapter VII, Section 2, 1938. Google Scholar4. FOTHERGILLHOLDENWYCKOFF LDMRW: Western equine encephalomyelitis in a laboratory worker, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939, cxiii, 206. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. GORDON JE: Epidemiologic problems of virus disease. Virus and rickettsial diseases. Harvard School of Public Health Symposium (1939), 1940, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, p. 53. Google Scholar6. COXOLITSKY HRPK: Active immunization of guinea pigs with the virus of equine encephalomyelitis. III. Quantitative studies of serum antiviral bodies in animals immunized with active and inactive virus, Jr. Exper. Med., 1936, lxiv, 217. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: HERMAN GOLD, M.D.; BETTYLEE HAMPIL, SC.D.Affiliations: Glenolden, Pennsylvania*Received for publication August 24, 1940.From the Medical Research Division, Sharp and Dohme. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Western Equine Encephalitis Lyophilized, Inactivated Vaccine: An Update on Safety and ImmunogenicityComparative pathology study of Venezuelan, eastern, and western equine encephalitis viruses in non-human primatesAlphavirusesAlphavirus Antiviral Drug Development: Scientific Gap Analysis and Prospective Research AreasAlphavirusesALPHAVIRUSESNorth American Encephalitic ArbovirusesClinical Recognition and Management of Patients Exposed to Biological Warfare AgentsAlphavirusesVIRUS ENCEPHALITIS DURING A POLIOMYELITIS EPIDEMIC: A REPORT OF FIVE CASES*I. DRAVIN, M.D., J. H. COFFEY, M.D., W. C. DINE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Viral Infections Contracted in the Laboratory 1 March 1942Volume 16, Issue 3 Page: 556-569 Keywords Autopsy Brain Encephalomyelitis Research laboratories Technicians ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...