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Out of 176 patients, hospitalized in Stockholm during the summer and fall of 1956 for acute infections of the central nervous system, not less than 68 had antibodies against viruses of the Russian spring-summer/ louping ill group. During convalescence 30 of these cases showed a definite rise in antibody titer. The clinical picture was that described in Central European tick-borne encephalitis.
Neutralizing antibodies were determined in cultures of Detroit-6 cells. Infected tissue culture fluid, inactivated withβ-propiolactone, was found suitable as complement-fixing antigen.
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Aided by a grant from the Swedish National Association against Poliomyelitis.
The skilful technical assistance of MissSiri Austrin and MissKerstin Carlsson is gratefully acknowledged.
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Svedmyr, A., von Zeipel, G., Holmgren, B. et al. Tick-borne meningoencephalomyelitis in Sweden. Archiv f Virusforschung 8, 565–576 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01242241
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