Economic Burden of West Nile Virus Disease, Quebec, Canada, 2012–2013

Autor: Terry-Nan Tannenbaum, Najwa Ouhoummane, Anne-Marie Lowe, Dahlia Kairy, Anne Vibien, Eric Tchouaket, Jessica Kovitz-Lensch, Ann Fortin, François Milord
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Male
Epidemiology
West Nile encephalitis
viruses
Prevalence
lcsh:Medicine
costs
Disease
Indirect costs
0302 clinical medicine
Cost of Illness
Surveys and Questionnaires
030212 general & internal medicine
Quebec
virus diseases
Health Care Costs
Middle Aged
West Nile virus disease
Hospitalization
Infectious Diseases
economic burden
Costs and Cost Analysis
West Nile meningitis
Female
meningitis/encephalitis
Economic Burden of West Nile Virus Disease
Quebec
Canada
2012–2013
West Nile virus
Encephalitis
Cohort study
Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty
Canada
030231 tropical medicine
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
03 medical and health sciences
WNV
medicine
Humans
lcsh:RC109-216
Aged
Retrospective Studies
West Nile fever
business.industry
Public health
Research
lcsh:R
Retrospective cohort study
medicine.disease
nervous system diseases
zoonoses
business
Demography
Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 25, Iss 10, Pp 1943-1950 (2019)
ISSN: 1080-6059
1080-6040
Popis: The economic burden of West Nile virus (WNV) infection is not known for Canada. We sought to describe the direct and indirect costs of WNV infection in the province of Quebec, Canada, up to 2 years after onset of signs and symptoms. We conducted a retrospective cohort study that included WNV cases reported during 2012 and 2013. For 90 persons infected with WNV, persons with encephalitis accounted for the largest proportion of total cost: a median cost of $21,332 per patient compared with $8,124 for West Nile meningitis (p = 0.0004) and $192 for West Nile fever (p
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