作者报导由1970年7月中旬至9月下旬在一所医院内工作人员及家属中,有221例病人患一种以急性胃肠炎、肌痛及嗜睡为特征的的疾病。先是一位儿科护理人员因急性恶心、呕吐和腹泻住院,相继10位手术室工作人员发生胃肠炎。这次流行中总共有221人确诊为此病,其中18例出现脑病症状。有脑病症状的病人病程较长并多次反复,其常见症状与冰岛病或流行性神经肌无力相似。 The authors report that from mid-July to late September 1970 in a hospital staff and their families, 221 patients had a condition characterized by acute gastroenteritis, myalgia and lethargy. First, a pediatric nurse was admitted to hospital for acute nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, and 10 staff in the operating room had gastroenteritis. A total of 221 people were diagnosed as having the disease in this epidemic, 18 of which developed symptoms of encephalopathy. Patients with symptoms of encephalopathy longer duration and repeated many times, and its common symptoms and epidemic of Icelandic disease or similar neuromuscular.