Original Article

Follow-Up Studies of St. Louis Encephalitis in Florida: Comparison of 1964 and 1965 Health Questionnaire Findings

Authors: ALFRED H. LAWTON, M.D., Ph.D., CORINNE SEABURY, R.N., LINDSEY CHAPPEL BRANCH, GORDON J. AZAR, M.D., JAMES O. BOND, M.D.

Abstract

This paper reports the findings in 71 survivors of the 1959-62 epidemic of encephalitis in Florida. Although there was a progressive improvement with time, these patients continued to exhibit a higher incidence of complaints, chiefly psychosomatic, than did matched healthy controls.

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