TABLE 1.

Day of onset of symptoms and physical examination signs in eastern equine encephalitis

Symptom, observation, or outcome	Hospital day of occurrence for patient:
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Symptoms prior to hospitalizationa
Fever or chills	−1	−6	−1	−7	−1	−6	−1	−1
Body ache	None	−6	−4	−7	None	None	−1	None
Vomiting	None	−6	−3	−1	−4	−3	−1	None
Diarrhea	None	None	−1	None	−4	None	None	−2
Headache	None	−1	−1	−1	None	−5	−1	−2
Speech difficulty	None	None	−1	−1	−1	None	None	−1
Lassitude	−1	−1	None	−1	−1	−3	−7	None
Seizure, localized or generalized	−1	−2	None	None	−1	−4	None	None
Face weakness	None	None	None	None	−1	None	None	None
Arm weakness	None	None	None	−7	−1	None	None	None
Leg weakness	None	None	None	−7	−1	None	None	None
Physical examination observations in hospitalb
Ophthalmoplegia or paresis	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3
Meningismal signs	None	1	1	1	None	1	1	2
Focal or general motor seizure	1	1	5	None	None	1	1	None
Focal motor paresis or plegia	3	None	1	1	1	None	4	8
Decorticate flexion signs	13	2	None	None	2	1	None	3
Decerebrate extension signs	None	2	None	None	2	1	None	None
Parkinsonian tremor	17	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
Parkinsonian rigidity	9	None	1	None	4	1	None	6
Stupor, arousable	1	1	1	1	1	1	None	None
Coma, unarousable	4	2	7	3	4	3	None	None
Edema, pitting	3	2	3	4	4	None	None	None
Edema, nonpitting	4	None	3	6	4	3	None	None
Cyanosis	2	None	None	None	None	6	None	None
Staccato hiccups	None	None	5	5	7	None	None	None
Apneic episode	3	2	7	None	12	4	None	None
Clinical outcomes
Discharge from hospital	22	2	12	7	12	6	9	16
Death	641c	2	12	7	12	6	No	No

^aEach negative number designates the number of days prior to admission to the hospital that a symptom was first noted.

^bEach number designates the day in the hospital when a physical examination sign was first noted; the day of admission to the hospital was considered to be day 1 in the hospital.

^cDeath occurred 641 days after admission to the hospital (619 days after discharge from the hospital) in a chronic nursing facility.