Mental Status after West Nile Virus Infection

Autor: Kathleen Y. Haaland, Joseph Sadek, Steven A. Pergam, Leonor A. Echevarria, Larry E. Davis, Diane Goade, Joanne Harnar, Robert A. Nofchissey, C. Mack Sewel, Paul Ettestad
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 8, Pp 1260-1262 (2006)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1208.060097
Popis: Mental status after acute West Nile virus infection has not been examined objectively. We compared Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status scores of 116 patients with West Nile fever or West Nile neuroinvasive disease. Mental status was poorer and cognitive complaints more frequent with West Nile neuroinvasive disease (p = 0.005).
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