The 1932 Macau epidemic of cerebrospinal meningitis: A historical perspective and critical review of the data
The 1932 Macau epidemic of cerebrospinal meningitis: A historical perspective and critical review of the data
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DOI：
10.1016/j.meegid.2010.05.012
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发表时间：
2010-10-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
de Lamballerie, Xavier
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作者：
Buchillet, Dominique;de Lamballerie, Xavier
自从Vieuslux（1805年）首次临床描述流行性脑膜炎（今天称为脑脊髓膜炎）以来，在19世纪和世纪初，全球报告了许多流行性脑膜炎暴发。历史医学数据证实，临床疾病可能偶发或以流行形式发生。此外，它还可能影响到儿童、年轻的新兵和/或生活在拥挤条件下的人口。1932年，澳门发生脑膜炎流行。这种疾病是非常不寻常的，足以证明负责流行病控制服务的葡萄牙医生发表了一份特别报告。在此，我们对澳门的疫情数据进行了严格审查。(C)2010 Elsevier BV保留所有权利。
Since the first clinical description by Vieusseux (1805) of the epidemic form of meningitis known today as cerebrospinal meningitis, numerous epidemic outbreaks of the disease were reported globally during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Historical medical data confirmed that clinical disease may occur either sporadically or in an epidemic form. Moreover, it may afflict children, young military recruits and/or populations living under crowded conditions. In 1932, an epidemic of meningitis occurred in Macau. The disease was sufficiently unusual to justify the publication of a special report by the Portuguese physician in charge of the control services of the epidemic. Here we present a critical review of the Macau epidemic data. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.