The outbreak of West Nile virus infection in the New York City area in 1999

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 344, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 1807-1814

  Nash, Denis ^a,b   Mostashari, Farzad ^a,b   Fine, Annie ^a   Miller, James ^a   O'Leary, Daniel ^c   Murray, Kristy ^b   Huang, Ada ^d   Rosenberg, Amy ^d   Greenberg, Abby ^e   Sherman, Margaret ^e   Wong, Susan ^f   Layton, Marcelle ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Westchester Co Department of Health   (United States)

^e Nassau County Department of Health   (United States)

^f NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORTALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARALYSIS; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0035859233     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200106143442401     Document Type: Article

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