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Volume 7, Number 4—August 2001
THEME ISSUE
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus

Clinical Findings of West Nile Virus Infection in Hospitalized Patients, New York and New Jersey, 2000

Don Weiss*Comments to Author , Darcy Carr*, Jacqueline Kellachan*, Christina Tan†‡, Michael Phillips*‡, Eddy Bresnitz†, Marcelle Layton*, and for the West Nile Virus Outbreak Response Working Group
Author affiliations: *New York City Department of Health, New York, New York, USA; †New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, New Jersey, USA; ‡Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 1

Main Article

Table 1

Frequency of clinical findings in West Nile virus patients, New York and New Jersey, 1999 and 2000

Symptom or physical finding Frequency no. (%)
Fever 17 (90)
Fatigue 12 (63)
Altered mental status 11 (58)
Headache 11 (58)
Reported weakness 8 (42)
Nausea 8 (42)
Vomiting 8 (42)
Myalgia 6 (32)
Photophobia 6 (32)
Abnormal reflexes 6 (32)
Stiff neck 6 (32)
Abdominal pain 4 (21)
Motor weakness 3 (16)
Cough 3 (16)
Diarrhea 3 (16)
Seizures 3 (16)
Arthralgia 2 (11)
Cerebellar abnormality 2 (11)
Cranial nerve palsy 2 (11)
Shortness of breath 2 (11)

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1A. Labowitz, J.A. Greenko, B. Maldin, B. Edwin, I. Poshni, A. Fine, New York City Department of Health; R. Lanciotti, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; F. Sorhage, C. Farello, D. Adam, B. Wolf, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services; A Dupius, L. Kramer, New York State Department of Health.

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