Links & References

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports(MMWR)

• Arboviral Infections of the Central Nervous System — United States, 1996-1997 Vol 47, No MMWR25;517.
• Arboviral Disease — United States, 1994 Vol 44, No MMWR35;641.
• Arbovirus Disease — United States, 1993 Vol 43, No MM21;385.
• Arboviral Disease — United States, 1992 Vol 42, No MM24;467.
• Arboviral Disease — United States, 1991 Vol 41, No MM30;545.

Recent Publications

• Balkhy HH, Schreiber JR. Severe La Crosse encephalitis with significant neurologic sequelae. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2000;19(1):77-80.
• de los Reyes EC, McJunkin JE, Glauser TA, Tomsho M, O’Neal J. Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges in La Crosse encephalitis, a worrisome subgroup: clinical presentation, electroencephalogram (EEG) patterns, and long-term neurologic outcome. J Child Neurol 2008;23:167-72.
• Erwin PC, Jones TF, Gerhardt RR, Halford SK, Smith AB, Patterson LE, et al. La Crosse encephalitis in Eastern Tennessee: clinical, environmental, and entomological characteristics from a blinded cohort study. Am J Epidemiol 2002;155:1060-5.
• Haddow AD and Odoni A. The Incidence Risk, Clustering, and Clinical Presentation of La Crosse Virus Infections in the Eastern United States, 2003–2007. PLoS ONE 2007; 4(7): e6145.
• Hardin SG, Erwin PC, Patterson L, New D, Graber C, Halford SK. Clinical comparisons of La Crosse encephalitis and enteroviral central nervous system infections in a pediatric population: 2001 surveillance in East Tennessee. Am J Infect Control 2003;31:508-10.
• Jones TF, Craig AS, Nasci RS, Patterson LE, Erwin PC, Gerhardt RR, et al. Newly recognized focus of La Crosse encephalitis in Tennessee. Clin Infect Dis 1999;28:93-7.
• Jones TF, Erwin PC, Craig AS, Baker P, Touhey KE, Patterson LE, Schaffner W. Serological survey and active surveillance for La Crosse virus infections among children in Tennessee. Clin Infect Dis. 2000;31:1284-7.
• Lambert AJ, Nasci RS, Cropp BC, Martin DA, Rose BC, Russell BJ, Lanciotti RS. Nucleic acid amplification assays for detection of La Crosse virus RNA. J Clin Microbiol 2005;43:1885-9.
• McJunkin JE, de los Reyes EC, Irazuzta JE, Caceres MJ, Khan RR, Minnich LL, et al. La Crosse encephalitis in children. N Engl J Med 2001;344:801-7.
• Moritz ML, Ayus JC. La Crosse encephalitis in children. N Engl J Med 2001;345:148-9.
• Nasci RS, Moore CG, Biggerstaff BJ, Panella NA, Liu HQ, Karabatsos N, et al. La Crosse encephalitis virus habitat associations in Nicholas County, West Virginia. J Med Entomol 2000;37:559-70.
• Reimann CA, Hayes EB, DiGuiseppi C, et al. Epidemiology of Neuroinvasive Arboviral Disease–United States, 19992007. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2008; 79(6):974-9.
• Rust RS, Thompson WH, Matthews CG, Beaty BJ, Chun RW. La Crosse and other forms of California encephalitis. J Child Neurol 1999;14:1-14.
• Sokol DK, Kleiman MB, Garg BP. La Crosse viral encephalitis mimics herpes simplex viral encephalitis. Pediatr Neurol 2001;25:413-5.
• Utz JT, Apperson CS, MacCormack JN, Salyers M, Dietz EJ, McPherson JT. Economic and social impacts of La Crosse encephalitis in western North Carolina. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2003;69:509-18.
• Wurtz R, Paleologos N. La Crosse encephalitis presenting like herpes simplex encephalitis in an immunocompromised adult. Clin Infect Dis 2000;31:1113-4.