1958 Athens outbreak

1958 Athens outbreak: In June 1958 an usual neurological disease spread through the Queen Frederica School for Midwives, which is attached to the Alexandra Maternity Hospital, Athens, Greece. Twenty-seven cases were reported, of which 25 were graduates or student midwives of the school, one was a female servant of the outpatient medical clinic, and one was a nurse of a neighboring hospital who visited the hospital laboratory every day she was on duty. No doctors or patients exposed to the nurses prior to the manifestation of the illness became ill.