Connecticut medicine.
Publisher:
Connecticut State Medical Society.
Frequency: Monthly
Country: United States
Language: English
Author(s):
Connecticut State Medical Society.
Start Year:1958 -
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 0010-6178 (Print) 0010-6178 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 0372745 |
| (DNLM): | C45580000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 01564865 |
| Coden: | CNMEA |
| Classification: | W1 CO711N |
Eastern equine encephalitis: a classical case. We present the case of a 40-year-old man with rapidly deteriorating acute meningoencephalitis, finally diagnosed as eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). The course and timing in this patient are quite characteristic. EEE is an arthropod borneviral illness in which the mosquito serves as the vector. It is amongst the most severe of the arbovirus encephalitides and has a high mortality and morbidity. In nonfatal cases, residual neurological deficits are often severe and permanent. North American lineage of EEE is mainly found in the northeast especially along the coastal areas. EEE is primarily fo...