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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Chowers, M. Y. ; Lang, R. ; Nassar, F. ; Ben-David, D. ; Giladi, M. ; ... More +
Chowers, M. Y. ; Lang, R. ; Nassar, F. ; Ben-David, D. ; Giladi, M. ; Rubinshtein, E. ; Itzhaki, A. ; Mishal, J. ; Siegman-Igra, Y. ; Kitzes, R. ; Pick, N. ; Landau, Z. ; Wolf, D. ; Bin, H. ; Mendelson, E. ; Pitlik, S. D. ; Weinberger, M. ; Less -
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West Nile (WN) virus is endemic in Israel. The last reported outbreak had occurred in 1981. From August to October 2000, a large-scale epidemic of WN fever occurred in Israel; 417 cases were confirmed, with 326 hospitalizations. The main clinical presentations were encephalitis (57.9%), febrile disease (24.4%), and meningitis (15.9%). Within the study group, 33 (14.1%) hospitalized patients died. Mortality was higher among patients >70 years (29.3%). On multivariate regressional analysis, independent predictors of death were age >70 years (odds ratio [OR] 7.7), change in level of consciousness (OR 9.0), and anemia (OR 2.7). In contrast to prior reports, WN fever appears to be a severe illness with high rate of central nervous system involvement and a particularly grim outcome in the elderly.
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 And Over
Aging
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Fever
Hospitalization
Humans
Israel
Male
Meningitis, Viral
Middle Aged
Research Article
West Nile Fever

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 7(4):675-678.
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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