Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / mortality*
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Female
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Humans
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Israel / epidemiology
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Male
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Risk Factors
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Survival Rate
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Time Factors
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West Nile Fever / epidemiology
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West Nile Fever / mortality*
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West Nile virus / pathogenicity