West Nile virus epidemic, northeast Ohio, 2002.
Serum samples and sociodemographic data were obtained from 1,209 Ohio residents. West Nile virus immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG antibodies were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and confirmed. Children were 4.5 times more likely to become infected yet 110 times less likely to have neuroinvasive disease develop.
Mandalakas
Anna M
AM
Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. anna.mandalakas@case.edu
Kippes
Christopher
C
Sedransk
Joseph
J
Kile
Jeffrey R
JR
Garg
Asha
A
McLeod
John
J
Berry
Richard L
RL
Marfin
Anthony A
AA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009820:Ohio / Q000453:epidemiology; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000276:immunology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M