Viral infections of the central nervous system

viral meningitis: Viral infections of the leptomeninges and subarachnoid space. TOGAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RUBELLA; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ORBIVIRUS infections; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; JC VIRUS infections; and RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS may cause this form of meningitis. Clinical manifestations include fever, headache, neck pain, vomiting, PHOTOPHOBIA, and signs of meningeal irritation. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, pp1-3)

Endpoint definition

Name AB1_VIRAL_CNS
Long name Viral infections of the central nervous system
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: A87/A86/A88/A83/A80/A81/A84/A82/A89/A85, ICD-9: 045/046/047/048/049/062/063/064/071, ICD-8: 04[0-3]|06[2-5]|071
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: A86/A88/A85/A87/A80/A89/A81/A82/A84/A83, ICD-9: 045/046/047/048/049/062/063/064/071, ICD-8: 04[0-3]|06[2-5]|071
Include AB1_POLIOMYELITIS, AB1_ATYPICAL_CNS_VIRUS, AB1_RABIES, AB1_MOSQUITO_VIRAL_CNS, AB1_TICK_BORNE_ENCEPHALITIS, AB1_VIRAL_ENCEPHALITIS_NOS, AB1_VIRAL_MENINGITIS, AB1_VIRAN_CNS_INFECTIONS_NOS
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 2
First defined in version DF2

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 1155 697 458
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.53 0.57 0.49
Mean age at first event (years) 37.42 36.88 38.24
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 3.90 2.30 6.33

Longitudinal metrics

All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 1.0 1.0 1.0
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 11.00 11.33 10.48

Survival analyses between endpoints

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