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Query: UMLS:C0027497 (
nausea
)
23,468
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Mass sociogenic illness (MSI) is the occurrence of a group of nonspecific physical symptoms for which no organic cause can be determined and that is transmitted among members of a group by "line of sight." On April 22, 1994, the Snohomish (Washington) Health District (
SHD
) was notified of an outbreak of unexplained illness characterized by abrupt onset of
nausea
and headache among students at a middle school. This report summarizes the investigation of this outbreak by
SHD
, which determined that MSI was the most likely cause of the outbreak.
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PMID:Outbreak of unexplained illness in a middle school--Washington, April 1994. 853 16
