Historical Bibliography Updated: December 27, 2019

The Australian epidemics of an acute polio-encephalomyelitis (X disease).

CAMPBELL, Alfred Walter (1868 – 1937) Wikipedia

CLELAND, Sir John Burton (1878 – 1971) Wikipedia

Publication Details

Rep. Director-Gen. publ. Hlth., New S. Wales, 150-280. 1917 CE.

Campbell was Australia's first neurologist. This paper described Murray Valley encephalitis (Australian X disease). Cleland and Campbell isolated a virus from the cerebral tissue of three patients.

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Thematic Classifications

COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Australia EPIDEMIOLOGY INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Neuroinfectious Diseases › Encephalitis VIROLOGY

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Entry Number	#4648
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/738
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	the-australian-epidemics-of-an-acute-polioencephalomyelitis-x-disease