Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Massachusetts — First Human Case in 14 Years
- 11 March 1971
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 284 (10) , 540
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197103112841008
Abstract
IN 1957 Feemster1 reviewed the history of human eastern equine encephalitis in Massachusetts. He noted that the first human case was recognized here in 1938 and that there had been a total of 50 cases through 1957. The 50 cases had occurred in three epidemics: 34 in 1938; four in 1955; and 12 in 1956. No cases have been reported since then.Case ReportJ.S. (C.H.M.C.. 72 03 91), a 5-month-old boy, was admitted to Children's Hospital on August 24, 1970, because of seizures. He had been well until 2 days previously, when lethargy, anorexia and fever developed. On the . . .Keywords
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- Equine Encephalitis in MassachusettsNew England Journal of Medicine, 1957