ME/CFS outbreaks
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Please Take Over This Page and Apply to be Editor-In-Chief for this topic: There can be one or more than one Editor-In-Chief. You may also apply to be an Associate Editor-In-Chief of one of the subtopics below. Please mail us [2] to indicate your interest in serving either as an Editor-In-Chief of the entire topic or as an Associate Editor-In-Chief for a subtopic. Please be sure to attach your CV and or biographical sketch. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis is often associated with outbreaks. This leads to the firm belief among many researchers and patient groups that the illness is, at least in its initial forms, a contagious virus or triggered by one or more such viruses.
Especially in early documented cases, the name of the condition varies significantly, even in cases where it is believed by the people attending to it at the time to be a form of polio.
Clusters of symptoms also vary between outbreaks.
Outbreaks in chronological order
1934
- Los Angeles County Hospital
- Responsible for the term Atypical Poliomyelitis[1]
- 198 people infected, including all doctors and nurses[1]
1936
- St Anges Convent, Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin
1937
- Erstfeld, Switzerland and Frohburg, Switzerland
1939
- Harefield Sanatorium in Middlesex, England
- Switzerland
1945
- University Hospital of Pennsylvania
- Referred to as "pleurodynia with prominent neurological symptoms and no demonstrable cause"[1]
1946
- Iceland in 1946 and 1947
- Referred to as "Mixed epidemics of poliomyelitis and a disease resembling poliomyelitis with the character of the Akureyri Disease"[1]
1948
- Three north coast towns in Iceland in 1948-1949
1949
- Adelaide, South Australia in 1949-1951
1950
- Louisville, Kentuky in 1950
- Upper New York State
- Referred to as resembling Iceland Disease simulating Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis.[1]
- 19 people infected[1]
1952
- Middlesex Hospital Nurse's Home in London, England, 1952
- Referred to as Encephalomyelitis associated with Poliomyelitis Virus[1]
- 14 nursing students infected[1]
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Lakeland, Florida
1953
- Coventry District, England
- Rockville, Maryland at Chestnut Lodge Hospital
- Jutland, Denmark
- referred to as "Epidemic Encephalitis with Vertigo."[1]
1954
- Tallahassee, Florida[1]
- 450 people infected[1]
- Seward, Alaska
- British Army stationed in Berlin, Germany
- Liverpool, England at Liverpool Hospital[1]
- Johannesburg, South Africa, through 1955
- 14 people infected[1]
1955
- Dalston, Cumbria, England[1]
- London, England at the Royal Free Hospital
- Responsible for the terms Benign Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis[1]
- 300 hospital staff infected[1]
- Perth, Western Australia
- Referred to as "Virus Epidemic in Recurrent Waves"[1]
- Gilfach Goch, Wales
- Referred to as Benign Encephalomyelitis[1]
- Durban City, South Africa at Addington Hospital
- Segbwema, Sierra Leone through 1956
- Referred to as An outbreak of encephalomyelitis[1]
- Patreksfordur and Thorshofn, Iceland
- Referred to as Unusual response to poliomyelitis vaccination[1]
- North West London, England at a residential home for nurses
- Referred to as acute infective encephalomyelitis simulating poliomyelitis[1]
1956
- Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States
- Punta Gorda, Florida, United States
- Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England
- Referred to as "lymphocytic meningo-encephalitis with myalgia and rash"[1]
- Pittsfield and Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States
- Referred to as Epidemic Neuromyasthenia[1]
- Coventry, England through 1957
1957
- Brighton, South Australia
- Referred to as Benign Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Coxsackie, Echo Virus Meningitis, Epidemic Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and Mylagic Encephalomyelitis[1]
1958
- Athens, Greece, in a nursing school[1]
- 27 nursing students infected[1]
1959
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- Referred to as Benign Myalgic Encephalomylitis[1]
1961
- A New York State convent (United States)
- Referred to as Epidemic Neuromyasthenia[1]
1964
- Northwestern London, England through 1966
- Referred to as Epidemic Malaise and Epidemic Neuromyasthenia[1]
- A Franklin, Kentucky factory in the United States
- Referred to as Neurmyasthenia[1]
1965
- Galveston County, Texas, United States through 1966
- Referred to as an Epidemic Neuromyasthenia Variant and Epidemic Diencephalomyelitis[1]
1968
- Fraidek, Lebanon
- Referred to as Benign Myalgic Encephalomyelitis[1]
1969
- State University of New York Medical Centre, United States
- Referred to as Epidemic Neuromyasthenia and as an unidentified symptom complex[1]
1970
- Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States[1]
- London, England at the Hospital for Sick Children on Great Oromond Street
- Referred to as Epidemic Neuromyasthenia[1]
1975
- Sacramento, California, United States at the Mercy San Juan Hospital[1]
- 200 hospital staff infected[1]
1977
- Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Referred to as Epidemic Neuromyasthenia[1]
1979
- Southampton, England at a girls' school
- Referred to as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis[1]
1980
- West Kilbridge, Ayrshire, Scotland through 1981
- Referred to as Myagic Encephalomyelitis[1]
- Helensburgh, Scotland through 1983
- Referred to as Coxsackie[1]
1982
- West Otago, New Zealand through 1984
1983
- Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia
1984
- Incline Village in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, United States
- Responsible for the term Chronic Fatigue Syndrome[1]
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States affecting the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
- Referred to as LNKS[1]
- Montreal, Quebec and Ontario, Canada[1]
- Truckee, California through 1985[1]
1985
- Lyndonville, New York, United States[1]
- Yerington, Nevada, United States at a reservation[1]
1986
- Placerville, California, United States
- Later referred to as an "outbreak of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"[1]
1988
- Columbia Community College and Sonora, California[1]
1989
- Rosedale Hopital, Roseville, California[1]
1990
- Elk Grove, California[1]
References
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Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
