Journal article
Health-related quality of life in persons with West Nile virus infection: a longitudinal cohort study
Abstract
BackgroundWest Nile virus (WNV) infections are predominantly asymptomatic, although almost 1% become neuroinvasive and debilitating. We describe the impact of neuroinvasive and non-neuroinvasive disease on patient health-related quality of life (HRQoL).MethodsShort Form 36 questionnaire data came from a Canadian WNV cohort (Loeb 2008) of 154 patients followed for up to three years. We generated health utilities using the SF-6D. We calculated …
Authors
Yeung MW; Tomlinson G; Loeb M; Sander B
Journal
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, Vol. 15, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2017
DOI
10.1186/s12955-017-0787-5
ISSN
1477-7525