Volume 7, Number 3—June 2001
Dispatch
The First Reported Case of California Encephalitis in More Than 50 Years
Table
Neutralizing antibody titers to 10 arboviruses in paired serum samples of a patient with neurologic symptoms, California, 1996
Virus (strain) | Acute-phase seruma | Convalescent-phase serumb |
---|---|---|
California encephalitis (BFS-283) | 1:80 | 1:320 |
Snowshoe hare (original) | 1:80 | 1:160 |
La Crosse (prototype) | 1:40 | 1:40 |
Jamestown Canyon (BFS 4474) | 1:20 | 1:20 |
Morro Bay (DAV 457) | 1:80 | 1:40 |
Tahyna (Bardos 92) | 1:40 | 1:20 |
Northway (BFN 2654) | 1:20 | <1:20 |
Main Drain (BFS 5015) | <1:20 | <1:20 |
Lokern (BFS 5183) | <1:20 | <1:20 |
Western equine encephalomyelitis (BFS 1703) | <1:20 | <1:20 |
St. Louis encephalitis (BFS 1750) | <1:20 | <1:20 |
aSample taken 8 days after onset of symptoms.
bSample taken 16 days after onset of symptoms.