Western Equine Encephalomyelitis in Chicago

Abstract

had fallen to shock levels during the course of acute hemorrhage into the gastrointestinal tract and into the peritoneum, respectively. In both cases, repeated transfusions of whole blood intravenously had failed to produce significant elevations of the arterial tension, which, however, rose to normal values during administration of nor-epinephrine given for one to four hours.From the

The Ecology of Mosquito Borne Viruses

“…A case of western encephalitis was reported from Chicago by Saphir & Milzer (13). This case occurred in May, 1948, and had no known exposure outside of the city.…”