Economic Burden of West Nile Virus Disease, Quebec, Canada, 2012–2013

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Ouhoummane, Najwa ; Tchouaket, Eric ; Lowe, Anne-Marie ; Fortin, Ann ; Kairy, Dahlia ; Vibien, Anne ; Kovitz-Lensch, Jessica ; Tannenbaum, Terry-Nan ; Milord, François
• Description:
  The economic burden of West Nile virus (WNV) infection is not known for Canada. We sought to describe the direct and indirect costs of WNV infection in the province of Quebec, Canada, up to 2 years after onset of signs and symptoms. We conducted a retrospective cohort study that included WNV cases reported during 2012 and 2013. For 90 persons infected with WNV, persons with encephalitis accounted for the largest proportion of total cost: a median cost of $21,332 per patient compared with $8,124 for West Nile meningitis (p = 0.0004) and $192 for West Nile fever (p<0.0001). When results were extrapolated to all reported WNV patients, the estimated total cost for 124 symptomatic cases was ≈$1.7 million for 2012 and that for 31 symptomatic cases was ≈$430,000 for 2013. Our study provides information for the government to make informed decisions regarding public health policies and infectious diseases prevention and control programs.
• Subjects:
  Aged Cost Of Illness Costs And Cost Analysis Female Health Care Costs Hospitalization Humans Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Surveys And Questionnaires West Nile Fever

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(10):1943-1950
• Pubmed ID:
  31538563
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6759276
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Quebec, Canada
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ab0332b030a957df5d25709c13b8a78e7ab8f5ef394ea43ce71059118e403e1c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/82938/cdc_82938_DS1.pdf
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