A Clinical Study of Poliomyelitis in the Tropics

Article1 June 1955A CLINICAL STUDY OF POLIOMYELITIS IN THE TROPICSJOHN P. UTZ, M.D.JOHN P. UTZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-6-1190 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThe epidemiologic aspects of poliomyelitis in the tropics have been described in the past by Sheplan,1 Allwood-Paredes,2 Irazabal,3 Andrade Marin,4 Seddon,5 Paul,6 McFarlan7 and Rosen,8 and recently have been reemphasized by Paul.9 A review of the literature, however, fails to disclose any corresponding clinical studies of this disease in native populations in the tropics. We are therefore reporting a clinical study of poliomyelitis carried out during an outbreak of that disease in El Salvador in July and August of 1953.The use of the word "tropics" in this paper should be explained. Considered geographically, the tropics lie between the...Bibliography1. SheplanTrelles LBBH: Infantile paralysis in Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico J. Pub. Health and Trop. Med. 19: 120-131, 1943. Google Scholar2. Allwood-Paredes J: An epidemic of acute anterior poliomyelitis in El Salvador, C. A., Am. J. Pub. Health 34: 941-947, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. IrazabalRiequez Iribarren PR: Consideraciones sobre el brote de poliomeilitis anterior aguda ocurrido en Caracas durante los anos de 1940-1941, Arch. venezol. puericult. y pediat. 5: 851-887, 1943. Google Scholar4. Andrade Marin C: Primer brote epidemico de poliomyelitis en Quito, Rev. chilena de pediat. 16: 177-185, 1945. Google Scholar5. SeddonAgiusBernsteinTunbridge HJTHGRE: The poliomyelitis epidemic in Malta 1942-3, Quart. J. Med. 14: 1-26, 1945. Google Scholar6. Paul JR: Poliomyelitis in Japan, Am. J. Hyg. 45: 206-218, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. McFarlanDickSeddon AMGWHJ: The epidemiology of the 1945 outbreak of poliomyelitis in Mauritius, Quart. J. Med., New Series 15: 183-208, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. RosenThomas LJA: Poliomyelitis in French Oceania, Am. J. Hyg. 57: 237-252, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. PaulMelnickRiordan JRJLJT: Comparative neutralizing antibody patterns to Lansing (Type 2) poliomyelitis virus in different populations, Am. J. Hyg. 56: 232-251, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. Encyclopedia Britannica 19: 904-905, 1952. Google Scholar11. Rand McNally World Atlas, 371, 1946. Google Scholar12. The Columbia Lippincott Gazeteer of the World, 1655, 1952. Google Scholar13. WeinsteinShelokovSeltserWinchell LARGD: A comparison of clinical features of poliomyelitis in adults and in children, New England J. Med. 246: 296-301, 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. Utz JP: Unpublished data. Google Scholar15. Gear J: Immunity to poliomyelitis, Ann. Int. Med. 37: 1-22, 1952. LinkGoogle Scholar16. Aycock WL: The frequency of poliomyelitis in pregnancy, New England J. Med. 225: 405-408, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. Lenhard RE: Prognosis in poliomyelitis, J. Bone and Joint Surg. 32A: 71-79. Google Scholar18. Rivers TM: Viral and rickettsial infection of man, 1952, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, pp. 300-357. Google Scholar19. World Health Organization Technical Report Series 81: 1-68, 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Bethesda, Maryland*Received for publication November 19, 1954.From the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Microbiological Institute, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, Bethesda, Maryland. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCurrent pediatric references 1 June 1955Volume 42, Issue 6Page: 1190-1197KeywordsClinical epidemiologyClinical laboratoriesClinical microbiologyMedical servicesPoliomyelitisPopulation statisticsResearch laboratories ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1955 PDF downloadLoading ...