Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2005)

Long-term Death Rates, West Nile Virus Epidemic, Israel, 2000

  • Manfred S. Green,
  • Miriam Weinberger,
  • Judith Ben-Ezer,
  • Hanna Bin,
  • Ella Mendelson,
  • Dan Gandacu,
  • Zalman Kaufman,
  • Rita Dichtiar,
  • Annette Sobel,
  • Dani Cohen,
  • Michal Y. Chowers

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1111.040941
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 11
pp. 1754 – 1757

Abstract

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We studied the 2-year death rate of 246 adults discharged from hospital after experiencing acute West Nile Virus infection in Israel during 2000. The age- and sex-adjusted death rates were significantly higher than in the general population. This excess was greater for men. Significant adverse prognostic factors were age, male sex, diabetes mellitus, and dementia.

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