An association between sub-arachnoid haemorrhage and influenza A infection
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- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 55 (650) , 853-855
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.55.650.853
Abstract
The sera of 25 patients with confirmed sub-arachnoid haemorrhage were assayed by complement fixation for 14 viruses. Twenty (80%) showed elevated titres to influenza A virus compared with 3 out of 25 (12%) of control subjects matched for age, sex and district and 3 out of 17 (17%) of a group of patients with other neurological disorders. A seasonal variation in the notification of sub-arachnoid haemorrhage appeared to be related to changes in the incidence of influenza A infection.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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