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Japanese B Encephalitis in an American Soldier Returning from Korea

1953; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 249; Issue: 13 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejm195309242491305

1533-4406

Florentino Perez Pina, Urho R. Merikangas,

Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

TO the best of our knowledge, no case of Japanese B encephalitis has previously been reported as occurring in personnel among Far East troops after evacuation to the United States. That this possibility is not far fetched is illustrated by the case reported below. Rapid evacuation by air from an endemic or epidemic zone of Japanese B encephalitis may result in recognition of other cases of this type in the continental United States.Case ReportA 25-year-old sergeant was admitted to Murphy Army Hospital on September 13, 1952, while on leave. His chief complaints were headache, beginning 4 days before . . .