Estimated cumulative incidence of West Nile virus infection in US adults, 1999–2010

R. Petersen, Lyle; J. Carson, Paul; J. Biggerstaff, Brad; Custer, Brian; M. Borchardt, Stephanie; P. Busch, Michael

doi:10.1017/s0950268812001070

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Estimated cumulative incidence of West Nile virus infection in US adults, 1999–2010

Published in Epidemiology and Infection • May 28, 2012

Authors:

Lyle R. Petersen

Paul J. Carson

Brad J. Biggerstaff

Abstract

West Nile virus (WNV) was first recognized in the USA in 1999. We estimated the cumulative incidence of WNV infection in the USA from 1999 to 2010 using recently derived age- and sex-stratified ratios of infections to WNV neuroinvasive disease (WNND) and the number of WNND cases reported to national...

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West Nile virus

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Cumulative incidence

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