Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.
By ROBERT M. McALLISTER, M.D.s The Childrens Hospital Society of Los Angeles and the University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California The available information on viral encephalitides has been brought together for the clinician, epidemiologist, and laboratory worker by several recent reviews (1 to 6), as well as by the third edition of Viral and Rick ettsial Infections of Man (7). The object of this review is to discuss certain significant new information available since the previous reviews and to inte grate it with the already known facts. MODERN ORIENTATION Viral infections of the central nervous system have been recognized since 1881 when rabies was presumed to be caused by a "virus" (8). Since then, the list of viral agents which can infect the CNS has expanded steadily. Before 1910, only rabies and poliomyelitis were known. In the decade from 1910 through 1919, herpes simplex and herpes zoster (vari cella) were recognized. No new human viral diseases were added between 1920 and 1929. In the period from 1930 through 1939, a viral etiology was discovered for seven arthropod-borne viral encephalitides, as well as for herpes B virus (herpesvirus simiae), influenza, mumps, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis. Virus
Annual Review of Medicine – Annual Reviews
Published: Feb 1, 1962
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.