https://me-pedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Mickey+niceMEpedia - User contributions [en]2026-04-21T08:54:49ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.43.8https://me-pedia.org/w/index.php?title=1948-49_Akureyri_outbreak&diff=312721948-49 Akureyri outbreak2018-05-22T23:13:40Z<p>Mickey nice:Low fever, muscle tenderness and marked lassitude. There was a secondary epidemic.</p>
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<div>The '''Akureyri outbreak''' was an [[outbreak]] of [[Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]] in Northern Iceland during the winter of 1948-1949. It was after this outbreak that the term "[[Icelandic disease]]," an early name for [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]], was coined.<br />
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The systemic form of the illness was present in 70% of<br />
patients with the characteristic low fever, muscle<br />
tenderness and marked lassitude. <br />
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When an American airman was affected in the 1955 epidemic and returned home, a similar secondary epidemic occurred in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Hart, 1969: Henderson and Shelokov, 1959).<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of outbreaks]]<br />
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