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== Outbreaks == {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! style="width:180px;"|Name ! style="width:40px;"|Date ! style="width:80px;"|Region ! style="width:160px;"|Location ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |[[1934 Los Angeles atypical polio outbreak|Los Angeles atypical polio outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1934-01-01"|1934 |North America |Los Angeles, USA |Epidemic among personnel at L.A. County Hospital, Ruth Protection Home and throughout California, paralleling poliomyelitis, often diagnosed as atypical poliomyelitis, sometimes including arthropathy. |- |[[1936 Fond-du-Lac outbreak|Fond-du-Lac outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1936-01-01"|1936 |North America |Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin, USA |An outbreak of "encephalitis" in St. Agnes Convent. |- |[[1937 Erstfeld outbreak|Erstfeld outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1937-01-01"|1937 |Europe |Erstfeld, Switzerland |Outbreak described as "Abortive Poliomyelitis" |- |[[1937 St. Gallen outbreak|St. Gallen outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1937-01-01"|1937 |Europe |St. Gallen, Switzerland |Outbreak in Frohburg Hospital described as "Abortive Poliomyelitis" |- |[[1939 Middlesex outbreak|Middlesex outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1939-01-01"|1939 |Europe |Middlesex, England |Outbreak at Harefield Sanatorium - "Persistent myalgia following sore throat" |- |[[1939 Degersheim outbreak|Degersheim outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1939-01-01"|1939 |Europe |Degersheim, St. Gallen, Switzerland |Outbreak described as "Abortive Poliomyelitis" |- |[[1945 Pennsylvania outbreak|Pennsylvania outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1945-01-01"|1945 |Europe |University Hospital of Pennsylvania, USA |Epidemic described as "pleurodynia with prominent neurological symptoms and no demonstrable cause." |- |[[1946 Iceland outbreak|Iceland outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1946-01-01"|1946-47 |Europe |Iceland |"Mixed epidemics of poliomyelitis and a disease resembling poliomyelitis with the character of the Akureyri Disease." |- |[[Akureyri outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1948-01-01"|1948-49 |Europe |North Coast Towns, Iceland |"A disease epidemic in Iceland simulating Poliomyelitis" in three separate towns during this time. |- |[[1949 Adelaide outbreak|Adelaide outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1949-01-01"|1949-1953 |Oceania |Adelaide, Australia |Outbreak of a disease resembling poliomyelitis, during/after a poliomyelitis epidemic. |- |[[1950 Louisville outbreak|Louisville outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1950-01-01"|1950 |North America |Louisville, Kentucky, USA |Outbreak in the Nurse's Training School of St. Joseph Infirmary, later described as "epidemic neuromyasthenia." |- |[[1950 Upper New York State outbreak|Upper New York State outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1950"|1950 |North America |Upper New York State, USA |Outbreak described as resembling the "Iceland Disease...simulating Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis." |- |[[1952 London outbreak|London outbreak]] |data-sort-value='1952"|1952 |Europe |London, England |Outbreak at Middlesex Hospital Nurses' Home described as "Encephalomyelitis associated with Poliomyelitis Virus." |- |[[1952 Copenhagen outbreak|Copenhagen outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1952:|1952 |Europe |Copenhagen, Denmark |Outbreak described as "epidemic myositis." |- |[[1952 Florida outbreak|Florida outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1952"|1952 |North America |Lakeland, Florida, USA |Outbreak described as epidemic neuromyasthenia. |- |[[1953 Coventry outbreak|Coventry outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1953"|1953 |Europe |Coventry and Coventry District, England |"An illness resembling Poliomyelitis observed in nurses." |- |[[1953 Maryland outbreak|Maryland outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1953"|1953 |North America |Rockville, Maryland, USA |Chestnut Lodge Hospital student nurses described with poliomyelitis-like epidemic neuromyasthenia. |- |[[1953 Jutland outbreak|Jutland outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1953"|1953 |Europe |Jutland, Denmark |Outbreak of "Epidemic encephalitis with vertigo." |- |[[1954 Florida outbreak|Florida outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1954"|1954 |North America |Tallahassee, Florida, USA |Bond JO. A new clinical entity? Lancet 1956; 2:256.<!!! fix this ---> |- |[[1954 Seward outbreak|Seward outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1954"|1954 |North America |Seward, Alaska |Outbreak described as "Benign Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (Iceland Disease)." |- |[[1954 Berlin outbreak|Berlin outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1954"|1954 |Europe |Berlin, Germany |Among the British Army, a "further outbreak of a disease resembling poliomyelitis." |- |[[1954 Liverpool outbreak|Liverpool outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1954"|1954 |Europe |Liverpool, England |Outbreak among medical and nursing staff in a Liverpool Hospital. |- |[[Dalston|Dalston outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1954"|1954 |Europe |Dalston, Cumbria, England |"...an unusual disease seen in epidemic and sporadic form in general practice in 1955 and subsequent years." |- |[[Royal Free Hospital outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1955"|1955 |Europe |London, England |Famous outbreak of benign myalgic encephalomyelitis among [[Royal Free Hospital]] staff. |- |[[1955 Perth AUS outbreak|Perth AUS outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1955"|1955 |Oceania |Perth, Australia |"Virus epidemic in recurrent waves." |- |[[1955 Wales outbreak|Wales outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1955"|1955 |Europe |Gilfach Goch, Wales |Outbreak of Benign encephalomyelitis. |- |[[1955 Durban outbreak|Durban outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1955"|1955 |Africa |Durban and Durban City, South Africa |Outbreak among nurses at Addington Hospital called "The Durban Mystery Disease" describing neuromuscular dysfunction, and epidemic myalgic encephalomyelopathy, including sporadic cases in Johannesburg of a outbreak resembling poliomyelitis. |- |[[1955 Segbwema outbreak|Segbwema outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1955"|1955-56 |Africa |Segbwema, Sierra Leone |An outbreak of encephalomyelitis. |- |[[1955 Iceland outbreak|Iceland outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1955"|1955-56 |Europe |Patreksfordur and Thorshofn, Iceland |Unusual response to poliomyelitis vaccination. |- |[[1955 London outbreak|London outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1955"|1955-56 |Europe |North West London, England |Outbreak of acute infective encephalomyelitis simulating poliomyelitis among a residential home for nurses. |- |[[1956 Ridgefield outbreak|Ridgefield outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1956"|1956 |North America |Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA |An epidemic of neuromyasthenia. |- |[[1956 Punta Gorda outbreak|Punta Gorda outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1956"|1956 |North America |Punta Gorda, Florida, USA |An outbreak of epidemic neuromyasthenia. |- |[[1956 Lancashire outbreak|Lancashire outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1956"|1956 |Europe |Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, England |Outbreak described as "lymphocytic meningo-encephalitis with myalgia and rash," "An outbreak of a disease believed to have been cause by Echo 9 virus," with other varying descriptions. |- |[[1956 Massachusetts outbreak|Massachusetts outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1956"|1956 |North America |Pittsfield, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA |Outbreak of "epidemic neuromyasthenia" later described as benign myalgic encephalomyelitis. (Included in this summary are sporadic cases in Hygiea, Sweden, with descriptions of encephalitis, meningitis or poliomyelitis; Coxsackie B and Echo Virus infections; benign myalgic encephalomyelitis.) |- |[[1956 Coventry outbreak|Coventry outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1956"|1956-57 |Europe |Coventry, England |Outbreak described as epidemic malaise and benign myalgic encephalomyelitis. |- |[[1957 South Australia outbreak|South Australia outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1957"|1957 |Oceania |Brighton, South Australia |Outbreak described as "Coxsackie, Echo Virus meningitis and myalgic encephalomyelitis", "Epidemic myalgic encephalomyelitis," and "Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis." |- |[[1958 Athens outbreak|Athens outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1958"|1958 |Europe |Athens, Greece |An outbreak of benign myalgic encephalomyelitis in a nurse's school, "periostitis and arthropathy noted." (Included in this summary is an outbreak of benign myalgic encephalomyelitis in Switzerland.) |- |[[1958 London SW outbreak|London SW outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1958"|1958-59 |Europe |South-West London, England |Reports of sporadic cases of myalgic encephalomyelitis. |- |[[1959 Newcastle outbreak|Newcastle outbreak]] |data-sort-value-"1959"|1959 |Europe |Newcastle upon Tyne, England |Outbreak of benign myalgic encephalomylitis. |- |[[1959 London NW outbreak|London NW outbreak]] |data-sort-value-"1959"|1959 |Europe |North-West London, England |Reports of sporadic cases of influenza-like illness. |- |[[1959 England|England outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1959"|1959 |Europe |England |Article describing sporadic cases and "The psychiatric sequelae of Benign Myalgic Encephalomyelitis." |- |[[1961 Basel outbreak|Basel outbreak]] |sort-data-value="1961"|1961 |Europe |Basel, Switzerland |Sporadic case of benign myalgic encephalomyelitis described. |- |[[1961 New York State outbreak|New York State outbreak]] |sort-data-value="1961"|1961-62 |North America |New York State, USA |Outbreak described as epidemic neuromyasthenia in a convent in New York State. |- |[[1964 London NW outbreak|London NW outbreak]] |sort-data-value="1964"|1964-66 |Europe |North-West London, England |Outbreak described as epidemic malaise and epidemic neuromyasthenia. |- |[[1964 Franklin outbreak|Franklin outbreak]] |sort-data-value="1964"|1964-66 |North America |Franklin, Kentucky, USA |Outbreak of "neuromyasthenia" in a Kentucky factory, possibly due to mercury exposure. |- |[[1965 Galveston outbreak|Galveston outbreak]] |sort-data-value="1964"|1965-66 |North America |Galveston County, Texas, USA |Outbreak described as "Epidemic Neuromyasthenia Variant?" and "Epidemic Diencephalomyelitis," the latter describing neuropsychiatric, cardiovascular and endocrine disorders. |- |[[1967 Edinburgh outbreak|Edinburgh outbreak]] |sort-data-value="1964"|1967-70 |Europe |Edinburgh, Scotland |Sporadic cases resembling benign myalgic encephalomyelitis. |- |[[1968 Fraidek outbreak|Fraidek outbreak]] |sort-data-value="1968"|1968 |Europe |Fraidek, Lebanon |Report on an epidemic of benign myalgic encephalomyelitis. |- |[[1969 New York outbreak|New York outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1969"|1969 |North America |State University of New York, USA |Medical Centre - report of epidemic Neuromyasthenia and "unidentified symptom complex." |- |[[1970 Lackland outbreak|Lackland outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1970"|1970 |North America |Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, USA |Epidemic Neuromyasthenia reported. "A syndrome or disease?" |- |[[1970 London outbreak|London outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1970"|1970-71 |Europe |London, England |An outbreak of "epidemic neuromyasthenia" among nurses a the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Oromond Street. |- |[[1975 Sacramento outbreak|Sacramento outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1975"|1975 |North America |Sacramento, California, USA |"200 hospital staff in the [Mercy San Juan Hospital] fell ill in August September 1975. The epidemic appears to have spread to the children of the hospital staff and from there to the children's teachers. 43 have been seriously disabled with chronic illness from 1975-1992" [at publication of this text]<ref>need more info</ref>. |- |[[1976 Ireland SW outbreak|Ireland SW outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1976"|1976 |Europe |Southwest Ireland |Reports on Mylagic Encephalomyelits and epidemic neuromyasthenia in this region. |- |[[1977 Dallas outbreak|Dallas outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1977"|1977 |North America |Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA |"Epidemic Neuromyasthenia" reported. |- |[[1979 Southampton outbreak|Southampton outbreak]] |data-sort-value="1979"|1979 |Europe |Southampton, England |Outbreak of M.E. in a girls' school. |}
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