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. 2005 Nov;11(11):1774-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid1111.040933.

West Nile virus epidemic, northeast Ohio, 2002

Anna M Mandalakas  1 , Christopher Kippes, Joseph Sedransk, Jeffrey R Kile, Asha Garg, John McLeod, Richard L Berry, Anthony A Marfin
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West Nile virus epidemic, northeast Ohio, 2002

Anna M Mandalakas et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Nov.

Abstract

Serum samples and sociodemographic data were obtained from 1,209 Ohio residents. West Nile virus immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG antibodies were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and confirmed. Children were 4.5 times more likely to become infected yet 110 times less likely to have neuroinvasive disease develop.

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Comparison of age-stratified seroprevalence rates (gray bars) to the age-stratified incidence of West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND) (black line). Seroprevalence rates were measured in the 2002 seroprevalence study. The incidence of WNND was based on cases reported through the local disease reporting system during the 2002 transmission season.
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