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. 2021 May 13;26(19):2001095. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.19.2001095

Table 2. Main characteristics of cases of West Nile virus infection, EU and EU enlargement countries, 2010–2018 (n = 3,849).

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2010–2018
Demographics
Median age in years (IQR) 70
(53–77)
70
(50–77)
67
(54–76)
66
(51–78)
65
(53–74)
63
(49–74)
65
(53–75)
64
(51–76)
66
(52–76)
66
(52–76)
Female: age (IQR) 71
(58–78)
70
(48–77)
68
(53–77)
64
(49–79)
66
(53–75)
61
(45–69)
69
(54–77)
64
(51–76)
66
(50–77)
66
(51–77)
Male: age (IQR) 67
(50–76)
70
(52–75)
66
(54–75)
67
(53–77)
64
(52–74)
63
(51–76)
64
(52–74)
64
(50–77)
66
(54–76)
66
(53–76)
Male:female ratio 1.3 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.8 2.7 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.5
Clinical manifestation
% WNND 81 74 68 69 82 78 79 77 70 73
% WNF 19 25 32 30 18 12 12 16 26 24
% Asymptomatic cases 0.0 0.67 0.0 0.40 0.0 10.0 8.6 7.0 4.1 3.6
Classification
% Confirmed cases 50 66 52 73 81 86 89 77 86 78

EU: European Union; IQR: interquartile range; WNND: West Nile neuroinvasive disease.