Fatal Encephalitis in Man Due to the Venezuelan Virus of Equine Encephalomyelitis in Trinidad
- 17 March 1944
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 99 (2568), 225-226
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.99.2568.225
Abstract
An outbreak of equine encephalomyelitis in Trinidad, B. W. I., is reported. Immunity tests prove it to have been caused by the Venezuelan strain of virus. This strain occurs naturally in man, producing a fatal infection. Human fatalities can result from all 3 strains of equine encephalomyelitis present in the Western Hemisphere.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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