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West Nile Virus Disease > Follow-up Author: Amy V. Bode, MD, MSPH; James J. Sejvar, MD; Anthony A. Marfin, MD, MPH
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Rationale:

  • Patients recovering from WNV infection have a relatively high incidence of movement disorders and subjective cognitive difficulty, the duration of which remains unknown.

Evidence:

  • Gait and movement disorders persisted in six of 39 patients in a community-based, prospective series in Louisiana in 2002 (30).
  • Ataxia, weakness, and cognitive dysfunction were persistent problems for survivors of encephalitis or other neuroinvasive syndromes in a Canadian series of 57 patients in 2002 (29).

Comments:

  • Patients with paralysis may need referral to a physiatrist and/or physical therapist for rehabilitation.
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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. Carrie Nielsen, PhD, editorial consultant, 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.

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