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. 2006 Aug;12(8):1260-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid1708.060097.

Mental status after West Nile virus infection

Kathleen Y Haaland  1 , Joseph Sadek, Steven Pergam, Leonor A Echevarria, Larry E Davis, Diane Goade, Joanne Harnar, Robert A Nofchissey, C Mack Sewel, Paul Ettestad
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Mental status after West Nile virus infection

Kathleen Y Haaland et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Aug.

Abstract

Mental status after acute West Nile virus infection has not been examined objectively. We compared Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status scores of 116 patients with West Nile fever or West Nile neuroinvasive disease. Mental status was poorer and cognitive complaints more frequent with West Nile neuroinvasive disease (p = 0.005).

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