Murray Valley Encephalitis in New Guinea

I. Isolation of Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus from the Brain of a Fatal Case of Encephalitis Occurring in a Papuan Native

E. L. French Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Melbourne, and the Public Health Department Laboratory, Port Moresby, Papua and New Guinea

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S. G. Anderson Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Melbourne, and the Public Health Department Laboratory, Port Moresby, Papua and New Guinea

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A. V. G. Price Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Melbourne, and the Public Health Department Laboratory, Port Moresby, Papua and New Guinea

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F. A. Rhodes Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Melbourne, and the Public Health Department Laboratory, Port Moresby, Papua and New Guinea

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1957.6.827
Volume/Issue:
Volume 6: Issue 5
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827–834
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Summary

A Papuan native boy aged about 14 years died of acute encephalitis at Port Moresby in May 1956. A virus, isolated from the brain, has been identified as a strain of Murray Valley encephalitis virus and designated MVE-1-56.

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Published Online:
Sep 1957
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637
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