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Volume 20, Number 2—February 2014
Research

Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus in Employees and Mice at Multipremises Feeder-Rodent Operation, United States, 2012

Barbara KnustComments to Author , Ute Ströher, Laura Edison, César G. Albariño, Jodi Lovejoy, Emilian Armeanu, Jennifer House, Denise Cory, Clayton Horton, Kathy L. Fowler, Jessica Austin, John Poe, Kraig E. Humbaugh, Lisa Guerrero, Shelley Campbell, Aridth Gibbons, Zachary Reed, Deborah Cannon, Craig Manning, Brett Petersen, Douglas Metcalf, Bret Marsh, Stuart T. Nichol, and Pierre E. Rollin
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (B. Knust, U. Ströher, L. Edison, C.G. Albarino, L. Guerrero, S. Campbell, A. Gibbons, Z. Reed, D. Cannon, C. Manning, B. Petersen, S.T. Nichol, P.E. Rollin); Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta (L. Edison); Indiana Board of Animal Health, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (J. Lovejoy, D. Metcalf, B. Marsh); Deaconess Hospital, Evansville, Indiana, USA (E. Armeanu); Indiana State Department of Health, Indianapolis (J. House); Vanderburgh County Health Department, Evansville (D. Cory); Green River District Health Department, Owensboro, Kentucky, USA (C. Horton, J. Austin); Kentucky Department for Public Health, Frankfort, Kentucky, USA (K.L. Fowler, J. Poe, K.E. Humbaugh)

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Table 1

Symptoms reported by 9 employees of facility A who tested positive for LCMV IgM and reported recent illness, Indiana, USA, 2012*

Symptom or sign Present no. (%) Absent, no. (%) Unknown, no.
Headache 9 (100) 0 0
Nausea/vomiting 9 (100) 0 0
Fever 8 (89) 1 (11) 0
Decreased appetite 8 (89) 1 (11) 0
Diarrhea 6 (67) 3 (33) 0
Muscle ache 6 (67) 3 (33) 0
Stiff neck 6 (67) 3 (33) 0
Joint pain 5 (56) 4 (44) 0
Malaise 5 (56) 2 (22) 2 (22)
Cough 4 (44) 5 (56) 0
Drowsiness 3 (33) 6 (67) 0
Sensory disturbance 2 (22) 6 (67) 1 (11)
Parotid pain 1 (11) 7 (78) 1 (11)
Confusion 1 (11) 8 (89) 0
Increased blood leukocyte 3 (33) 1 (11) 5 (56)
Increased CSF leukocyte 4 (44) 0 5 (56)
Increased CSF protein 4 (44) 0 5 (56)

*LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid.

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