THE KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN VIRUS INFECTIONS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN
- K. F. MEYER, M.D., Ph.D.;
- B. EDDIE, Dr.P.H.
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Present day information on the viral agents is in a state of flux; changes in fact and in point of view occur in kaleidoscopic fashion, and there is considerable hesitancy to make final conclusions. Although numerous papers have been published, they are scattered throughout scientific journals and are not always readily accessible to the clinician. A brief summary of the knowledge of virus diseases having their origin in the animal kingdom therefore seems warranted. From the increasing number of diseases which belong to this group, rabies, psittacosis and arthropod-borne encephalitides were selected for presentation in this paper because of the peculiar action of the respective inciting agents on children.
RABIES That rabies is a major public health problem is evidenced by the continuing demand for information and advice concerning its diagnosis and postinfectional treatment with vaccine as well as the planning of effective rabies-control programs. The knowledge that rabies is
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Read before the Section on Pediatrics at the Ninety-Fifth Annual Session of the American Medical Association, San Francisco, July 5, 1946.
