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Viral Encephalitides

Viral Encephalitides 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 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annual Review of Medicine Annual Reviews

Viral Encephalitides

Annual Review of Medicine , Volume 13 (1) – Feb 1, 1962

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Annual Reviews
Copyright
Copyright 1962 Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
Subject
Review Articles
ISSN
0066-4219
eISSN
1545-326X
DOI
10.1146/annurev.me.13.020162.002133
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Abstract

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

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Published: Feb 1, 1962

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