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. 2011 Oct;17(10):1868-72.
doi: 10.3201/eid1710.110525.

Outbreak of West Nile virus infection in Greece, 2010

Kostas Danis  1 , Anna Papa, George Theocharopoulos, Georgios Dougas, Maria Athanasiou, Marios Detsis, Agoritsa Baka, Theodoros Lytras, Kassiani Mellou, Stefanos Bonovas, Takis Panagiotopoulos
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Outbreak of West Nile virus infection in Greece, 2010

Kostas Danis et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

During 2010, an outbreak of West Nile virus infection occurred in Greece. A total of 197 patients with neuroinvasive disease were reported, of whom 33 (17%) died. Advanced age and a history of heart disease were independently associated with death, emphasizing the need for prevention of this infection in persons with these risk factors.

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Figure 1
Reported cases (n = 197) of West Nile neuroinvasive disease, by week of symptom onset, Greece, July 6–October 5, 2010. *Excluding Thessaloniki.
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Figure 2
Incidence per 100,000 population of 197 reported cases of West Nile neuroinvasive disease, by township of residence, Greece, July–October 2010. Districts with >1 reported neuroinvasive cases were divided into townships. Dark black lines indicate borders of Central Macedonia (north) and Thessalia (south).
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