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[[Bornholm disease]] is named after the Danish island Bornholm where early cases occurred. | [[Bornholm disease]] is named after the Danish island Bornholm where early cases occurred. In 1872, [[Daae-Finsen]] reported an epidemic of "acute muscular rheumatism" occurring in a community called Bamble, giving rise to the name "Bamble disease" in Norway. Subsequent reports, published only in Norwegian, referred to the disease by this name. In 1933, [[Ejnar Sylvest]] gave a doctoral thesis describing a Danish outbreak of this disease on Bornholm Island entitled, "Bornholm disease-myalgia epidemica", and this name has persisted.<ref name="pmid5341038"/> | ||
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Overview
Bornholm disease is named after the Danish island Bornholm where early cases occurred. In 1872, Daae-Finsen reported an epidemic of "acute muscular rheumatism" occurring in a community called Bamble, giving rise to the name "Bamble disease" in Norway. Subsequent reports, published only in Norwegian, referred to the disease by this name. In 1933, Ejnar Sylvest gave a doctoral thesis describing a Danish outbreak of this disease on Bornholm Island entitled, "Bornholm disease-myalgia epidemica", and this name has persisted.[1]