Clinical Characteristics of the West Nile Fever Outbreak, Israel, 2000

Clinical Characteristics of the West Nile Fever Outbreak, Israel, 2000

West Nile (WN) virus is endemic in Israel. The last reported outbreak had occurred in 1981. From August to October 2000, a large-scale epidemic of WN fever occurred in Israel; 417 cases were confirmed, with 326 hospitalizations. The main clinical presentations were encephalitis (57.9%), febrile dise...

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Main Authors: Michal Y. Chowers, Ruth Lang, Faris Nassar, Debora Ben-David, Michael Giladi, Eitan Rubinshtein, Avi Itzhaki, Josef Mishal, Yardena Siegman-Igra, Ruth Kitzes, Neora Pick, Zvi Landau, Dana Wolf, Hanna Bin, Ella Mendelson, Silvio D. Pitlik, Miriam Weinberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
West Nile virus
West Nile fever
Israel
outbreak
clinical characteristics
human
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/4/01-7414_article

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