TY - JOUR
T1 - The West Nile Virus outbreak of 1999 in New York
T2 - The flushing hospital experience
AU - Asnis, Deborah S.
AU - Conetta, Rick
AU - Teixeira, Alex A.
AU - Waldman, Glenn
AU - Sampson, Barbara A.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - West Nile Virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus, which has been known to cause human infection in Africa, the Middle East, and southwestern Asia. It has also been isolated in Australia and sporadically in Europe but never in the Americas. Clinical features include acute fever, severe myalgias, headache, conjunctivitis, lymphadenopathy, and a roseolar rash. Rarely is encephalitis or meningitis seen. During the month of August 1999, a cluster of 5 patients with fever, confusion, and weakness were admitted to the intensive care unit of the same hospital in New York City. Ultimately 4 of the 5 developed flaccid paralysis and required ventilatory support. Three patients with less-severe cases presented shortly thereafter. With the assistance of the New York City and New York State health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these were documented as the first cases of WNV infection on this continent.
AB - West Nile Virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus, which has been known to cause human infection in Africa, the Middle East, and southwestern Asia. It has also been isolated in Australia and sporadically in Europe but never in the Americas. Clinical features include acute fever, severe myalgias, headache, conjunctivitis, lymphadenopathy, and a roseolar rash. Rarely is encephalitis or meningitis seen. During the month of August 1999, a cluster of 5 patients with fever, confusion, and weakness were admitted to the intensive care unit of the same hospital in New York City. Ultimately 4 of the 5 developed flaccid paralysis and required ventilatory support. Three patients with less-severe cases presented shortly thereafter. With the assistance of the New York City and New York State health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these were documented as the first cases of WNV infection on this continent.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0034075352
U2 - 10.1086/313737
DO - 10.1086/313737
M3 - Article
C2 - 10722421
AN - SCOPUS:0034075352
SN - 1058-4838
VL - 30
SP - 413
EP - 418
JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases
JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases
IS - 3
ER -