Volume 12, Number 7—July 2006
Dispatch
Follow-up of 2003 Human West Nile Virus Infections, Denver, Colorado
Table 3
Symptoms ever experienced and still experiencing at time of follow-up for West Nile virus study patients
Symptom | Fever patients (n = 531) |
Meningitis patients (n = 84) |
Encephalitis patients (n = 41) |
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Ever, % | At follow-up, % | Ever, % | At follow-up, % | Ever, % | At follow-up, % | |
Muscle weakness | 80.4 | 12.2 | 96.3 | 28.0* | 92.7 | 46.3* |
Muscle pain | 85.9 | 12.1 | 92.6 | 14.8 | 76.3 | 39.5* |
Headache | 88.6 | 11.8 | 91.5 | 19.5 | 65.0* | 12.5 |
Stiff neck | 78.6 | 10.4 | 84.1 | 12.2 | 59.0* | 12.8 |
Sensitivity to light | 52.6 | 5.6 | 71.6* | 11.1 | 63.4 | 12.2 |
*Significantly different than among fever patients; p<0.05.