Dillon M J, Marshall W C, Dudgeon J A, Steigman A J
Br Med J. 1974 Feb 23;1(5903):301-5. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5903.301.
Between August 1970 and January 1971 nearly 150 of the staff of a London teaching hospital were affected by an illness with features in common with what is currently known as epidemic neuromyasthenia. Symptomatology was protean, clinical findings minimal, relapses frequent, and results of laboratory investigations, including virological studies, were generally negative. Most of the patients were nurses. Care was taken to minimize anxiety and fear in a vulnerable population, and laboratory investigations were limited in number for this reason.
1970年8月至1971年1月期间，伦敦一家教学医院的近150名工作人员感染了一种疾病，其症状与目前所知的流行性神经肌无力相似。症状表现多样，临床体征轻微，复发频繁，包括病毒学研究在内的实验室检查结果通常为阴性。大多数患者是护士。医院采取了措施尽量减少这一脆弱人群的焦虑和恐惧，因此实验室检查的数量有限。
