West Nile Virus Disease Author: Amy V. Bode, MD, MSPH; James J. Sejvar, MD; Anthony A. Marfin, MD, MPH
Module updated - 2011-02-15
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2010-01-01Persistent infection with West Nile virus years after initial infection.
2008-11-01Delinquent mortgages, neglected swimming pools, and West Nile virus, California.
2008-09-01Neurocognitive and functional outcomes in persons recovering from West Nile virus illness.
2008-04-01Clinical investigation of hospitalized human cases of West Nile virus infection in Houston, Texas, 2002-2004.
2007-12-15A West Nile virus DNA vaccine induces neutralizing antibody in healthy adults during a phase 1 clinical trial.
2007-12-01Risk factors for West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease, California, 2005.
2007-11-01West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease incidence in the United States, 2002-2006.
2007-11-01Environmental predictors of human West Nile virus infections, Colorado.
2007-05-01Maculopapular rash and tremor are associated with West Nile fever and neurological syndromes.
2007-03-01Behavioral risks for West Nile virus disease, northern Colorado, 2003.
2006-12-01Risk factors for encephalitis and death from West Nile virus infection.
2006-09-15Long-term clinical and neuropsychological outcomes of West Nile virus infection.
2006-07-01Follow-up of 2003 human West Nile virus infections, Denver, Colorado.
2006-05-01West Nile virus disease: a descriptive study of 228 patients hospitalized in a 4-county region of Colorado in 2003.
2006-03-01West Nile virus induced vocal fold paralysis.
2005-10-01West Nile virus infection and conjunctival exposure.
2005-06-01The emergence of west nile virus during a large outbreak in Illinois in 2002.
2004-08-01Naturally acquired West Nile virus encephalomyelitis in transplant recipients: clinical, laboratory, diagnostic, and neuropathological features.
2003-06-01Dead bird clusters as an early warning system for West Nile virus activity.
2003-04-01Early-season avian deaths from West Nile virus as warnings of human infection.
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Amy V. Bode, MD, MSPH has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Anthony A. Marfin, MD, MPH has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. James J. Sejvar, MD has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Nicole Nemeth, DVM, PhD, editorial consultant, has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations.
Deborah Korenstein, MD, FACP, Co-Editor, PIER, has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Richard B. Lynn, MD, FACP, Co-Editor, PIER, has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations.

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