Observations on an outbreak of eosinophilic meningitis on Tahiti, French Polynesia.
Observations on an outbreak of eosinophilic meningitis on Tahiti, French Polynesia.
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DOI：
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a120198
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发表时间：
1961-07
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通讯作者：
L. Rosen;J. Laigret;S. Bories
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作者：
L. Rosen;J. Laigret;S. Bories
在1958年3月开始的两年期间，法属波利尼西亚的塔希提岛发生了数百例病因不明的不寻常类型的脑膜炎。由于这种脑膜炎最典型的特征是由大部分嗜酸性粒细胞组成的白细胞增多症，因此这种疾病被称为嗜酸性粒细胞性脑膜炎。本报告将描述为确定这种疾病的来源而进行的实验室和流行病学研究的结果。
During a 2-year period beginning in March, 1958, many hundreds of cases of an unusual type of meningitis of unknown etiology occurred on the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia. Since the most characteristic feature of this meningitis was a pleocytosis consistingin large part of eosinophils, the disease was called eosinophilic meningitis. This report will describe the findings of the laboratory and epidemiologic studies which were undertaken in an attempt to determine the source of this illness.