Long-term Death Rates, West Nile virus epidemic, Israel, 2000.
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.
Green
Manfred S
MS
Israel Center for Disease Control, Gertner Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel. m.green@icdc.health.gov.il
Weinberger
Miriam
M
Ben-Ezer
Judith
J
Bin
Hanna
H
Mendelson
Ella
E
Gandacu
Dan
D
Kaufman
Zalman
Z
Dichtiar
Rita
R
Sobel
Annette
A
Cohen
Dani
D
Chowers
Michal Y
MY
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