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- Title
Neuroinvasive Disease and West Nile Virus Infection, North Dakota, USA, 1999-2008.
- Authors
Carson, Paul J.; Borchardt, Stephanie M.; Custer, Brian; Prince, Harry E.; Dunn-Williams, Joan; Winkelman, Valerie; Tobler, Leslie; Biggerstaff, Brad J.; Lanciotti, Robert; Petersen, Lyle R.; Busch, Michael P.
- Abstract
The article discusses a study that determined risk for West Nile virus (WNV) neuroinvasive disease (WNND) in North Dakota by testing plasma samples from blood donors for WNV immunoglobulin G (IgG). Infection rates were compared with reported WNV neuroinvasive disease incidence. It is estimated that 1 in 244 WNV infections develops into neuroinvasive disease and that risk is significantly increased among men and the elderly. It is also estimated that a total of almost 45,000 WNV infections occurred in North Dakota from its 1999 introduction to the U.S. through 2008.
- Subjects
NORTH Dakota; UNITED States; WEST Nile virus; BLOOD donors; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; DISEASES in older people; CENTERS for Disease Control &; Prevention (U.S.)
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 4, p684
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1804.111313