1948 – Encephalitis, Acute Infectious (viral), 1948 ICD infectious diseases code 37     —  570

Compiled by Wayne Blanchard Oct 2, 2023 for upload to: http://www.usdeadlyevents.com/

–570  Public Health Service. Vital Statistics…[US] 1948, Part I…Mortality Data…, p. 128.^[1]

Narrative Information

Mayo Clinic: “Encephalitis (en-sef-uh-LIE-tis) is inflammation of the brain. There are several causes, but the most common is viral infection. Encephalitis often causes only mild flu-like signs and symptoms — such as a fever or headache — or no symptoms at all. Sometimes the flu-like symptoms are more severe. Encephalitis can also cause confused thinking, seizures, or problems with senses or movement. Rarely, encephalitis can be life-threatening. Timely diagnosis and treatment are important because it’s difficult to predict how encephalitis will affect each individual.

“Mosquito-borne viruses. These viruses can cause infections such as West Nile, La Crosse, St. Louis, western equine and eastern equine encephalitis. Symptoms of an infection might appear within a few days to a couple of weeks after exposure to a mosquito-borne virus….” (Mayo Clinic. Encephalitis.)

Sources

Mayo Clinic. Encephalitis. Accessed 10-27-2018 at:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/encephalitis/symptoms-causes/syc-20356136 )

Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency. Vital Statistics of the United States 1948. Part I, Natality and Mortality Data for the United States Tabulated by Place of Occurrence... Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1950. Accessed 10-2-2023 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1948_1.pdf

[1] In 1948 the World Health Organization (WHO) took over the International Classification of Disease (ICD) system. Thus the new ICD system was labeled ICD-1. National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information. Accessed at: PMC PubMed Central.