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Five African Nerve Diseases
Like Polio Reported at Meeting
By Thomas R. Henry
Scienc* Editor of Tho Stor.
Five hitherto unknown nerve mal
adies from African jungles were re
ported to the Fourth International
Congresses on Tropical Medicine and
Malaria meeting here today .
They are ciosety related to the
dreaded poliomyelitis and encephali
tis of temperate climates. All five are
due to filterable viruses, smallest of
all living things, and their chief
point of attack is the central nerv
ous system.
Thus far they have not been found
outside Africa. Humans are suscep
tible to all five viruses and severe
illnesses have been reported but ks
yet there have been no fatal cases.
One attack by any of them appar
ently results in the formation of
protective substances in the blood
which make the victim relatively
immune thereafter.
Maladies Are Described.
The new diseases were reported by
Dr. K. C. Smithburn, director of the
Yellow Fever Institute at Entebbe,
Uganda. All were discovered acci
dentally in the course of yellow
fever investigations. They were de
scribed by Dr. Smithburn as follows:
1. Bwamba fever. This is an acute
high fever which comes suddenly
with severe headache, backache and
general prostration. It lasts about
five days after which recovery is
rapid and complete.
Throughout tne disease mere is
a moderate slowing of the heart
rate. It is probably fairly common
in the Bwamba country of western
Uganda. A virus obtained from the
blood of victims is different from
any other known to medicine.
West Nile Fever.
2. West Nile fever. There is one
known case, a woman who com
plained of mild fever and head
aches. From her blood was obtained
a virus organism which caused
brain inflamation in monkeys.
Although not hitherto reported,
the malady in a sub-clinical form
apparently has been quite common
in the West Nile district of Uganda
since protective substances were
found in the blood of many natives.
The virus seems quite closely re
lated to two strains of encephalitis—
the St. Louis strain which was re
sponsible for a severe epidemic in
the Mid-West a few years ago and
the Japanese type, which was a
major problem for the American
Army in the Far East.
3. Semlike forest fever. This virus
was isolated from mosquitoes. It has
never been reported in human be
ings but immunological tests showed
protective substances in the blood of
both men and monkeys. This seems
that the malady has been fairly
common, but ordinarily it may not
be severe enough for a victim to
call a physician.
Bunvamwera Fever.
4. Bunyamwera fever. This virus
was found in mosquitoes from an
extremely isolated section of the
great Semlike forest which is known
only to Pigmy hunters. Protective
antibodies have been found in the
blood of both men and monkeys in
the region. This means they must
have had the disease at some time,
ft is believed to cause a mild fever
Iwith nervous symptoms. This virus
j does not have even a family re
i semblance to any other known to
science.
5. Mengo encephalomyelitis. Five!
strains cf this virus have been found
in monkeys, mosquitoes and a mon
goose. In the course of the lab
oratory experiments one of the
workers became infected. He suf
fered severe headaches, fever, de
lirium. stupor and deafness. The
illness lasted about 10 days but com
plete recovery was slow.
All five diseases, it is believed,
have existed in men and monkeys
for a long time but they are found
in a region where there has been
little medical service in the past
and probably the natives paid no
attention to them. With the greater
accessibility of the region due to
air travel, however, there is a strong
possibility that they may break out
of their isolated habitat and un
dergo changes which will make them
serious epidemic diseases.
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Ford, manager-director of Loew's
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