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Article: Acute encephalitis hospitalizations, California, 1990-1999: unrecognized arboviral encephalitis?(Research)
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- August 1, 2004
- Author:
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Historically, Western equine encephalomyelitis and St. Louis encephalitis caused substantial human and equine illness and death in California. This study describes the epidemiology of encephalitis with data from 13,807 patients hospitalized in California with acute encephalitis from 1990 through 1999. The incidence of encephalitis hospitalizations decreased over this period. The greatest proportion of case-patients was hospitalized in the winter. Encephalitis of unspecified origin was the most common diagnosis, and arboviral encephalitis was the least common. Some California counties had concurrent increases in encephalitis rates and in detected arboviral activity in ...
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