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Mental status after West Nile virus infection |
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| Authors: | Haaland Kathleen Y Sadek Joseph Pergam Steven Echevarria Leonor A Davis Larry E Goade Diane Harnar Joanne Nofchissey Robert A Sewel C Mack Ettestad Paul |
| Institution: | Research Service, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, 1501 San Pedro SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA. khaaland@unm.edu |
| 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). |
| Keywords: | West Nile virus cognitive manifestations cognitive symptoms mental tests dispatch |
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