THE CLINIC OF VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS IN MAN,

Abstract

Twenty-two Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis patients (twenty females and two males) were examined. Of these, twenty were situated in the clinic of the Virology Institute, and two were examined ambulatorily. The patients were observed both in the acute period of the disease and in the period of convalescence. From the first days of the sickness the clinical picture corresponded to that of an acute neuroinfection. Subsequently the epidemiological and particularly laboratory data confirmed the diagnosis; the type of causative agent was established. In the virological investigations the Venezuelan encephalomyelitis virus was isolated from the nasopharynx washings of five of the patients; in two it was isolated from the blood; and in one it was isolated from the blood and from the washing simultaneously. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0673207

Entities

People

  • A. A. Alekseeva
  • N. M. Dubnyakova
  • N. V. Lebedeva

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arbovirus Infections
  • Biological Sciences
  • Convalescence
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Health Services
  • Microorganisms
  • Nasopharynx
  • Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis
  • Virology
  • Viruses

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Immunology
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).