Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2006)

Mental Status after West Nile Virus Infection

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1208.060097
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 8
pp. 1260 – 1262

Abstract

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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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