Long-term Death Rates, West Nile virus epidemic, Israel, 2000

Manfred S Green; Miriam Weinberger; Judith Ben-Ezer; Hanna Bin; Ella Mendelson; Dan Gandacu; Zalman Kaufman; Rita Dichtiar; Annette Sobel; Dani Cohen; Michal Y Chowers

doi:10.3201/eid1111.040941

Long-term Death Rates, West Nile virus epidemic, Israel, 2000

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Nov;11(11):1754-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1111.040941.

Authors

Manfred S Green¹, Miriam Weinberger, Judith Ben-Ezer, Hanna Bin, Ella Mendelson, Dan Gandacu, Zalman Kaufman, Rita Dichtiar, Annette Sobel, Dani Cohen, Michal Y Chowers

Affiliation

¹ Israel Center for Disease Control, Gertner Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel. m.green@icdc.health.gov.il

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / mortality*
Disease Outbreaks*
Female
Humans
Israel / epidemiology
Male
Risk Factors
Survival Rate
Time Factors
West Nile Fever / epidemiology
West Nile Fever / mortality*
West Nile virus / pathogenicity