Neurological Manifestations Among US Government Personnel Reporting Directional Audible and Sensory Phenomena in Havana, Cuba.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

From late 2016 through August 2017, US government personnel serving on diplomatic assignment in Havana, Cuba, reported neurological symptoms associated with exposure to auditory and sensory phenomena.

Objective

To describe the neurological manifestations that followed exposure to an unknown energy source associated with auditory and sensory phenomena.

Design, setting, and participants

Preliminary results from a retrospective case series of US government personnel in Havana, Cuba. Following reported exposure to auditory and sensory phenomena in their homes or hotel rooms, the individuals reported a similar constellation of neurological symptoms resembling brain injury. These individuals were referred to an academic brain injury center for multidisciplinary e

SUBMITTER: Swanson RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5885885 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature