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. 2012 Apr;18(4):684-6.
doi: 10.3201/eid1804.111313.

Neuroinvasive disease and West Nile virus infection, North Dakota, USA, 1999-2008

Paul J Carson  1 , Stephanie M Borchardt, Brian Custer, Harry E Prince, Joan Dunn-Williams, Valerie Winkelman, Leslie Tobler, Brad J Biggerstaff, Robert Lanciotti, Lyle R Petersen, Michael P Busch
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Neuroinvasive disease and West Nile virus infection, North Dakota, USA, 1999-2008

Paul J Carson et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Apr.

Abstract

To determine risk for West Nile virus (WNV) neuroinvasive disease in North Dakota, we tested plasma samples from blood donors for WNV IgG and compared infection rates with reported WNV neuroinvasive disease incidence. We estimate that 1 in 244 WNV infections leads to neuroinvasive disease; risk is substantially increased among men and older persons.

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