Abstract
Approximately one-third of the laboratory-confirmed cases of Western equine encephalitis occur in children under the age of 10. The present paper describes three instances of Western equine encephalomyelitis virus infection in infants under one year of age, together with the resultant sequelae. The difficulties associated with diagnosis of central nervous system disturbances in very young children are discussed, and it is pointed out that in view of the frequent occurrence of clinical infections with the arthropod-borne encephalitis viruses these agents should be given serious consideration as a cause of acute central nervous system infection in childhood and as the possible etiology for obscure, severe neurological disturbances in the pediatric age groups.
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