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The Arthropod-Borne Virus Encephalitides^1,2,

The Charles Franklin Craig Lecture, 1947

It has been several years now since I first suggested the name Arthropodborne Virus Encephalitides (1, 2) to describe that large group of epidemic and endemic virus infections which at that time included Eastern, Western and Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis, St. Louis, Japanese B, Russian-spring-summer encephalitis and louping-ill. This list is still incomplete, and even at that time when the suggestion was made, it was quite apparent that undoubtedly other virus infections would soon find a place in the group. Although the name is not euphonious, it appeared to describe the group accurately, and left little opportunity for misunderstanding or confusion. Since louping-ill and the Russian-spring-summer viruses were known to be tick-borne, it was essential to apply the phylum name Arthropoda rather than the class name Insecta. The word virus was necessary in order to exclude the African Glossina-borne trypanosomiases.

¹ Original research work reported was performed in collaboration with the Commission on Virus and Rickettsial Diseases, Army Epidemiological Board, Office of the Surgeon General, U. S. Army, The California State Department of Public Health, and the United States Public Health Service, aided by a grant from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc.

² Presented before the American Society of Tropical Medicine at the Atlanta meeting, Dec. 3, 1947.