People who have contracted West Nile virus from infected mosquitoes – even those with some serious neurological complications – can take heart that they will fully recover over time, Canadian researchers say.

In a 2003-2007 study of 156 Canadians afflicted with West Nile virus disease, including some who developed potentially fatal meningitis and encephalitis, the average time to recovery was about a year, said principal investigator Dr. Mark Loeb, an infectious disease specialist at McMaster University.

"If they're infected with West Nile, where they have West Nile fever or they have West Nile virus meningitis or encephalitis, these data can tell them what to expect, that gradually over about a year their mental and physical function generally and on average will return to normal," Loeb said from Hamilton.

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