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Volume 11, Number 7—July 2005
Research

West Nile Virus–associated Flaccid Paralysis

James J. Sejvar*Comments to Author , Amy V. Bode†, Anthony A. Marfin†, Grant L. Campbell†, David Ewing‡, Michael Mazowiecki‡, Pierre V. Pavot§, Joseph Schmitt¶, John Pape#, Brad J. Biggerstaff†, and Lyle R. Petersen†
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; ‡Centennial Neurology, Greeley, Colorado, USA; §Longmont Clinic, Longmont, Colorado, USA; ¶McKee Hospital, Loveland, Colorado, USA; #Colorado Department of Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado, USA

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Table 2

Presence of dysarthria/dysphagia, facial weakness, encephalitis, and immunocompromised status among patients with and without respiratory failure due to West Nile virus infection

Variable Respiratory failure
(N = 12*) No respiratory failure
(N = 20) Odds ratio p value†
Dysarthria/dysphagia 11 3 62 <0.0001
Immunocompromised status 4 0 Undefined 0.01
Encephalitis 12 5 Undefined <0.0001
Facial nerve weakness 6 5 3 0.25

*Includes 1 patient with respiratory weakness secondary to Guillain-Barré–like syndrome.
†Fisher exact test.

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