Influenza caused epidemic encephalitis (encephalitis lethargica): the circumstantial evidence and a challenge to the naysayers.
Circumstantial evidence implicates the influenza virus as the cause of epidemic encephalitis. Arguments used to refute influenza as the causative agent are examined and a challenge is made to naysayers to implicate a viral agent other than influenza.
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D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004671:Encephalitis, Arbovirus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae / Q000472:pathogenicity