Arboviral disease--United States, 1994

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1995 Sep 8;44(35):641-4.

Abstract

Arboviruses are mosquitoborne and tickborne agents that persist in nature in complex cycles involving birds and mammals, including humans. Characteristics of arboviral infection include fever, headache, encephalitis, and sometimes death. In 1994, health departments in 20 states reported 100 presumptive or confirmed human cases of arboviral disease to CDC. Of these, 76 were California (CAL) serogroup encephalitis; 20, St. Louis encephalitis (SLE); two, western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE); one, eastern equine encephalomyelitis (EEE); and one, Powassan encephalitis (POW). This report summarizes information about arboviral disease in the United States during 1994.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Arbovirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Encephalitis Virus, California
  • Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine
  • Encephalitis Virus, Western Equine
  • Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne
  • Encephalitis, California / epidemiology
  • Encephalitis, St. Louis / epidemiology
  • Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / epidemiology
  • Encephalomyelitis, Equine / epidemiology
  • Encephalomyelitis, Equine / veterinary
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • United States / epidemiology