ASEPTIC MENINGITIS OF NEW VIRUS ORIGIN
- 26 November 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 141 (13) , 902-904
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02910130016004
Abstract
This series of 18 cases of aseptic meningitis observed at the Charles V. Chapin Hospital from July through November 1948 is noteworthy because at no time in the past were patients with similar cases of aseptic meningitis ever admitted to the hospital. By method of exclusion, relying heavily on extensive laboratory virus studies performed at the Yale University Medical School Virus Laboratory, New Haven, Conn. (Drs. Paul, Curnen and Shaw1), and at the National Institutes of Health Virus Laboratory, Bethesda, Md. (Dr. K. Habel2), the etiologic agent in this series of cases is shown to be a new virus affecting the meninges in a mild and typical manner. A new virus disease entity with characteristics similar to those observed in this series has been recently noted by Webb and associates3and by Paul, Curnen and Shaw.1 CLINICAL DATA The nature of our cases was most characteristic,Keywords
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