West nile virus epidemiology and demographics: Difference between revisions

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Michael Maddaleni, B.S.

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 ==Recent outbreaks==
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-'''Israel''': In 2000, the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] found that there were 417 confirmed cases with 326 hospitalizations. 33 of these people died. The main clinical presentations were encephalitis (57.9%), febrile disease (24.4%), and meningitis (15.9%).<ref>{{cite journal | first = MY | last = Chowers | coauthors = Lang R, Nassar F, Ben-David D, Giladi M, Rubinshtein E, Itzhaki A, Mishal J, Siegman-Igra Y, Kitzes R, Pick N, Landau Z, Wolf D, Bin H, Mendelson E, Pitlik SD, Weinberger M | year = 2001 | month = Jul-Aug | title = Clinical characteristics of the West Nile fever outbreak, Israel, 2000 | journal = Emerging Infectious Diseases | volume = 7 | issue = 4 | pages = 675-8 | id = PMID 11585531 | url = http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no4/chowers.htm | accessdate = 2006-06-07}}</ref>
 ===2011 Cases===
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 ===2011 West Nile Virus by county===
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 ==References==