CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS OUTBREAK

Abstract

The end of July 1946 was the time of an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in the Far East, appearing as a result of a very hot summer with a small quantity of precipitation. Due to the odd clinical traits of Japanese encephalitis and its neurological form, only about 40% of the patients entered with correct diagnoses. In 14 patients there was no diagnosis established, relapsing chronic malaria was decided in 10 patients, clinical dysenteria in one, pneumonia in 4 and, finally, grippe in 8.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0678250

Entities

People

  • I. A. Aperyanov

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Consciousness
  • Death
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Encephalitis
  • Far East
  • Health Services
  • High Temperature
  • Infection
  • Movement Disorders
  • Nervous System
  • Pain
  • Rigidity
  • Wound Infections

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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