Outbreak of West Nile Virus Infection in Greece, 2010

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 infecti...

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Autores principales: Danis, Kostas, Papa, Anna, Theocharopoulos, George, Dougas, Georgios, Athanasiou, Maria, Detsis, Marios, Baka, Agoritsa, Lytras, Theodoros, Mellou, Kassiani, Bonovas, Stefanos, Panagiotopoulos, Takis
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22000357
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1710.110525
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author Danis, Kostas
Papa, Anna
Theocharopoulos, George
Dougas, Georgios
Athanasiou, Maria
Detsis, Marios
Baka, Agoritsa
Lytras, Theodoros
Mellou, Kassiani
Bonovas, Stefanos
Panagiotopoulos, Takis
author_facet Danis, Kostas
Papa, Anna
Theocharopoulos, George
Dougas, Georgios
Athanasiou, Maria
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description 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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spelling pubmed-33106772012-06-27 Outbreak of West Nile Virus Infection in Greece, 2010 Danis, Kostas Papa, Anna Theocharopoulos, George Dougas, Georgios Athanasiou, Maria Detsis, Marios Baka, Agoritsa Lytras, Theodoros Mellou, Kassiani Bonovas, Stefanos Panagiotopoulos, Takis Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3310677/ /pubmed/22000357 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1710.110525 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Lytras, Theodoros
Mellou, Kassiani
Bonovas, Stefanos
Panagiotopoulos, Takis
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title_sort outbreak of west nile virus infection in greece, 2010
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