Jones T F, Erwin P C, Craig A S, Baker P, Touhey K E, Patterson L E, Schaffner W
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Nov;31(5):1284-7. doi: 10.1086/317458.
In 1998 and 1999, we performed a serosurvey and active surveillance for La Crosse encephalitis at a children's hospital in eastern Tennessee. Fifteen cases of La Crosse encephalitis were confirmed. Only 5 (0.5%) of 1000 serum samples being tested at the state laboratory for other diseases had evidence of antibodies to La Crosse virus. These findings suggest that La Crosse virus is newly endemic to eastern Tennessee.
1998年和1999年,我们在田纳西州东部的一家儿童医院对拉克罗斯脑炎进行了血清学调查和主动监测。共确诊了15例拉克罗斯脑炎病例。在州实验室为其他疾病检测的1000份血清样本中,只有5份(0.5%)有针对拉克罗斯病毒的抗体证据。这些发现表明,拉克罗斯病毒在田纳西州东部是新出现的地方病。