Epidemic Nonmeningitic Lymphocytic-Choriomeningitis-Virus Infection

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Abstract
GRIPPE-like illnesses occurring in groups are likely to be attributed to common colds or, if accompanied by moderate or severe prostration, to an epidemic of influenza. This report presents a series of 10 cases of grippe-like illness in a group of laboratory workers in which the virus of lymphocytic choriomeningitis was proved to be the etiologic agent.The virus of lymphocytic choriomeningitis was first suspected as the causative agent of the human outbreak when a hamster colony previously free of this virus was found to have a high proportion of animals with complement-fixing antibodies to it. The virus was introduced . . .