Mental Status after West Nile Virus Infection

Haaland, Kathleen Y.; Sadek, Joseph; Pergam, Steven; Echevarria, Leonor A.; Davis, Larry E.; Goade, Diane; Harnar, Joanne; Nofchissey, Robert A.; Sewel, C. Mack; Ettestad, Paul

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Mental Status after West Nile Virus Infection

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Aug 2006
By Haaland, Kathleen Y. ; Sadek, Joseph ; Pergam, Steven ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Haaland, Kathleen Y. ; Sadek, Joseph ; Pergam, Steven ; Echevarria, Leonor A. ; Davis, Larry E. ; Goade, Diane ; Harnar, Joanne ; Nofchissey, Robert A. ; Sewel, C. Mack ; Ettestad, Paul
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Mental status after acute West Nile virus infection has not been examined objectively. We compared Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status scores of 116 patients with West Nile fever or West Nile neuroinvasive disease. Mental status was poorer and cognitive complaints more frequent with West Nile neuroinvasive disease (p = 0.005).
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Acute Disease Adult Brain Diseases Cognitive Manifestations Cognitive Symptoms Dispatch Female Humans Male Mental Status Schedule Mental Tests Middle Aged West Nile Fever West Nile Virus
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Emerg Infect Dis. 12(8):1260-1262.
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Journal Article
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12
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8
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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