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11444794

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-7-10
pubmed:abstractText
Encephalitis lethargica (EL) was a complex and mysterious disease that appeared around the same time as the great influenza pandemic of 1918. The contemporaneous relationship of the 2 diseases led to speculation that they were causally related. Contemporary and subsequent observers conjectured that the influenza virus, directly responsible for the deaths of more than 20 million people, might also have been the cause of EL. A review of the extensive literature by observers of the EL epidemic suggests that most contemporary clinicians, epidemiologists, and pathologists rejected the theory that the 1918 influenza virus was directly responsible for EL. Disappearance of the acute form of EL during the 1920s has precluded direct study of this entity. However, modern molecular biology techniques have made it possible to examine archival tissue samples from victims of the 1918 pandemic in order to detect and study the genetic structure of the killer virus. Similarly, tissue samples from EL victims can now be examined for evidence of infection by the 1918 influenza virus.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-3069
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
663-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Experimenting on the past: the enigma of von Economo's encephalitis lethargica.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cellular Pathology and Genetics, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Biography, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Review, Historical Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't