West Nile Virus Economic Impact, Louisiana, 2002

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Zohrabian, Armineh ; Meltzer, Martin I. ; Ratard, Raoult ; Billah, Kaafee ; Molinari, Noelle A. ; Roy, Kakoli ; Scott, R. Douglas ; Petersen, Lyle R.
• Description:
  West Nile virus (WNV) is transmitted by mosquitoes and can cause illness in humans ranging from mild fever to encephalitis. In 2002, a total of 4,156 WNV cases were reported in the United States; 329 were in Louisiana. To estimate the economic impact of the 2002 WNV epidemic in Louisiana, we collected data from hospitals, a patient questionnaire, and public offices. Hospital charges were converted to economic costs by using Medicare cost-to-charge ratios. The estimated cost of the Louisiana epidemic was US 20.1 million dollars from June 2002 to February 2003, including a US 10.9 million dollars cost of illness (US 4.4 million dollars medical and US 6.5 million dollars nonmedical costs) and a US 9.2 million dollars cost of public health response. These data indicate a substantial short-term cost of the WNV disease epidemic in Louisiana.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Disease Outbreaks Durable Medical Equipment Health Care Costs Hospitalization Humans Middle Aged Mosquito Control Perspective Rehabilitation Retrospective Studies West Nile Fever

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 10(10):1736-1744.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b5cc66bcc4938b64e844b69ae5a35af77d32f151d6f6f06aabef60535f2e4dac
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7770/cdc_7770_DS1.pdf
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