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Volume 25, Number 2—February 2019
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Acute and Delayed Deaths after West Nile Virus Infection, Texas, USA, 2002–2012

David C.E. Philpott1, Melissa S. Nolan, Nicole Evert, Bonny Mayes, Dawn Hesalroad, Eric Fonken, and Kristy O. MurrayComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA (D.C.E. Philpott, M.S. Nolan, K.O. Murray); Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas, USA (N. Evert, B. Mayes, D. Hesalroad, E. Fonken)

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SMRs for case-patients with WNND by year of follow-up stratified by age at symptom onset, Texas, USA, 2002–2012. SMRs were adjusted for current age, sex, and calendar year. Deaths and SMRs were calculated only for case-patients with information about age available and in whom death occurred >90 days after symptom onset. SMR = 1 when there is no increased risk. *Indicates where a 95% CI does not include 1. SMR, standardized mortality ratio; WNND, West Nile neuorinvasive disease.

Figure 4. SMRs for case-patients with WNND by year of follow-up stratified by age at symptom onset, Texas, USA, 2002–2012. SMRs were adjusted for current age, sex, and calendar year. Deaths and SMRs were calculated only for case-patients with information about age available and in whom death occurred >90 days after symptom onset. SMR = 1 when there is no increased risk. *Indicates where a 95% CI does not include 1. SMR, standardized mortality ratio; WNND, West Nile neuorinvasive disease.

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1Current affiliation: Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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