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If the view is correct, that the pathogen responsible for the encephalitis can still be present in the organism as a virulent seed years after infection, there would be significant consequences for the prognosis of our encephalitis patients. Each person who had survived encephalitis epidemica would then be bearing within themselves a volcano which could erupt again at any time: with dire consequences for the carrier. Heinrich Pette, 1922
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Foley, P. (2018). When night comes falling: chronic encephalitis lethargica. In: Encephalitis lethargica. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0384-9_5
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