Maculopapular rash and tremor are associated with West Nile fever and neurological syndromes

Peter A G Tilley; Julie D Fox; Gayatri C Jayaraman; Jutta K Preiksaitis

doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.107862

Maculopapular rash and tremor are associated with West Nile fever and neurological syndromes

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2007 May;78(5):529-31. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.107862.

Authors

Peter A G Tilley¹, Julie D Fox, Gayatri C Jayaraman, Jutta K Preiksaitis

Affiliation

¹ Provincial Laboratory for Public Health (Microbiology), Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, 3030 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4W4. p.tilley@provlab.ab.ca

Abstract

The clinical features associated with West Nile virus (WNV) infections are described based on data collected from history forms submitted with samples during a province-wide WNV testing programme. Age 40-59 years (OR 1.7, p<0.008), residence in the southeast of Alberta (OR 4.2, p<0.001), maculopapular rash (OR 8.6, p<0.001) or tremor (OR 3.6, p<0.001) were independently associated with WNV infection.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Alberta / epidemiology
Exanthema / etiology*
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / analysis
Male
Middle Aged
Nervous System Diseases / complications*
Nervous System Diseases / etiology
RNA, Viral / analysis
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Syndrome
Tremor / etiology*
West Nile Fever / complications*
West Nile Fever / epidemiology

Substances

Immunoglobulin G
RNA, Viral