Table 3.
Geographical location | Year(s) | Human population sampled | Outcomes reported | References |
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North America | ||||
Caribbean | ||||
Dominican Republic | 1948–1949 | General population in areas surrounding an outbreak | Seroprevalence | Eklund et al. (1950) |
1978 | General population | Seroprevalence | Calisher et al. (1979) | |
Jamaica | 1963–1967 | General population | Seroprevalence | Belle et al. (1980) |
Jamaica | 1975 | General population | Seroprevalence | Rowe and King (1976) |
Mexico | ||||
Mexico | 1974 | General population | Seroprevalence | Ruiz-Gomez and Espinosa (1981) |
United States | ||||
Connecticut | 1952–1953 | At risk population—pheasant farmers/handlers | Seroprevalence | Liao (1955) |
Florida | 1970 | Patients with signs of infections of the central nervous system | Case prevalence | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1970) |
Massachusetts | 1967–1976 | General population | Seroprevalence, case prevalence | Grady et al. (1978) |
Massachusetts | 1979–2004 | General population | Case prevalence | Hachiya et al. (2007) |
Massachusetts | 2012–2013 | Blood donors | Seroprevalence | Leiby et al. (2014) |
Mississippi | 1989 | General population | Seroprevalence | Letson et al. (1993) |
New York | 1966–1977 | Patients with signs of infections of the central nervous system | Seroprevalence, case-fatality rate | Deibel et al. (1979) |