An Epidemiologic And Immunologic Study Of Poliomyelitis On An Indian Reservation

Description:

An epidemic of poliomyelitis due to type 1 poliovirus occurred in 1958 on the Blackfoot Reservation in Montana. Sixteen of the 18 cases were paralytic, and 11 of them were in children under 5 years of age. There was no evidence of a common source of infection. Because of the extremely poor sanitary conditions, the large numbers of young children, and the gregarious nature of the people, it was concluded that the disease was probably spread from person to person. Tables. Bibliography.

Protocol:

UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access

Community:

UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center

Category:

Demographics, Diseases, Lab Procedures, Miscellaneous, Physiology

Original Date:

1962

Creator:

Macdonald, Ra

Language:

English

Rights:

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Source:

Minnesota Med; Fieldsteel, AH; Chin, TDY. An epidemiologic and immunologic study of poliomyelitis on an Indian Reservation. Amer J Hyg 1962 July;76:1-14.

Identifier:

9902856

Subject:

Antibodies, Complement Fixation Tests, Epidemiology, Paralysis, Poliomyelitis, Population Density, Sanitation, Statistics, Tables

Type:

Monograph