Serological Survey and Active Surveillance for La Crosse Virus Infections among Children in Tennessee

In 1998 and 1999, we performed a serosurvey and active surveillance for La Crosse encephalitis at a children's hospital in eastern Tennessee. Fifteen cases of La Crosse encephalitis were confirmed. Only 5 (0.5%) of 1000 serum samples being tested at the state laboratory for other diseases had e...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2000-11, Vol.31 (5), p.1284-1287
Hauptverfasser:	Jones, Timothy F., Erwin, Paul C., Craig, Allen S., Baker, Philip, Touhey, Kristen E., Patterson, Lori E. R., Schaffner, William
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Antibodies Antibodies, Viral - blood Biological and medical sciences Brief Reports Child Child, Preschool Encephalitis Encephalitis, California - diagnosis Encephalitis, California - epidemiology Encephalitis, California - virology Endemic diseases Epidemiology Female Human viral diseases Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infections Infectious diseases La Crosse virus Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Population Surveillance Prevalence Preventive medicine Seroepidemiologic Studies Specimens Surveillance Tennessee - epidemiology USA, Tennessee, Eastern Viral diseases Viral diseases of the nervous system Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:	In 1998 and 1999, we performed a serosurvey and active surveillance for La Crosse encephalitis at a children's hospital in eastern Tennessee. Fifteen cases of La Crosse encephalitis were confirmed. Only 5 (0.5%) of 1000 serum samples being tested at the state laboratory for other diseases had evidence of antibodies to La Crosse virus. These findings suggest that La Crosse virus is newly endemic to eastern Tennessee.
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1086/317458