title: Long-term Death Rates, West Nile virus epidemic, Israel, 2000.
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.
authors.affiliation: Israel Center for Disease Control, Gertner Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel. m.green@icdc.health.gov.il
authors.forename: Manfred S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weinberger
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ben-Ezer
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bin
authors.forename: Ella
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mendelson
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gandacu
authors.forename: Zalman
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dichtiar
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sobel
authors.forename: Dani
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Michal Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Chowers
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000472:pathogenicity