Japanese B Encephalitis in an American Soldier Returning from Korea
- 24 September 1953
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 249 (13) , 531-532
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195309242491305
Abstract
TO the best of our knowledge, no case of Japanese B encephalitis has previously been reported as occurring in personnel among Far East troops after evacuation to the United States. That this possibility is not far fetched is illustrated by the case reported below. Rapid evacuation by air from an endemic or epidemic zone of Japanese B encephalitis may result in recognition of other cases of this type in the continental United States.Case ReportA 25-year-old sergeant was admitted to Murphy Army Hospital on September 13, 1952, while on leave. His chief complaints were headache, beginning 4 days before . . .Keywords
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