title: An outbreak of cerebrospinal fever in a 19th century British Mediterranean naval base.
abstract: Epidemic Meningococcal meningitis first made its definite appearance in Europe in the beginning of the nineteenth century. The first recorded epidemic in the Maltese Islands, which straddled the sea-routes of the Mediterranean, occurred in the late nineteenth century. This paper describes a manuscript report prepared at the request of the Lieutenant Governor regarding this epidemic in the light of the contemporary knowledge about the infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. Luke's Hospital, MALTA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Savona-Ventura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008319:Malta / Q000453:epidemiology; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000208:ethnology