1973年元月某地曾发生一种其特征是全身瘫软乏力的疾病,经调查,本病系食用霉变红薯渣所致。现报告如下: 发病情况: 首例发生在元月15日,以后不断散在发生,至4月底止,共发病××例,病死率达16%。根据住院病例的发病时间来看,3月发病最多;病人全部来自农村,多为女性和青壮年。 January 1973 somewhere there was a disease characterized by generalized weakness, after investigation, the disease caused by eating moldy sweet potato residue. The report is as follows: The incidence of the situation: The first case occurred in January 15, after the continuous occurrence of scattered until the end of April, a total of × × cases, the case fatality rate of 16%. According to the incidence of hospitalized cases of view, the most incidence in March; all patients from rural areas, mostly women and young adults.