Articles:
Nipah virus outbreak with person-to-person transmission in a district of Bangladesh, 2007
Nusrat Homaira; Mahmudur Rahman; M. Jahangir Hossain; Jonathan H. Epstein; Rebecca Sultana; M. S. U. Khan; Goutam Podder; Kamrun Nahar; Be-Nazir Ahmed; Emily S. Gurley; Peter Daszak; W. Ian Lipkin; Pierre E. Rollin; James A. Comer; Thomas G. Ksiazek; Stephen P. Luby
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- Title:
- Nipah virus outbreak with person-to-person transmission in a district of Bangladesh, 2007
- Author(s):
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Homaira, Nusrat
Rahman, Mahmudur
Hossain, M. Jahangir
Epstein, Jonathan H.
Sultana, Rebecca
Khan, M. S. U.
Podder, Goutam
Nahar, Kamrun
Ahmed, Be-Nazir
Gurley, Emily S.
Daszak, Peter
Lipkin, W. Ian
Rollin, Pierre E.
Comer, James A.
Ksiazek, Thomas G.
Luby, Stephen P. - Date:
- 2010
- Type:
- Articles
- Department:
- Center for Infection and Immunity
- Volume:
- 138
- Permanent URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:9958
- Book/Journal Title:
- Epidemiology and infection
- Abstract:
- In February 2007 an outbreak of Nipah virus (NiV) encephalitis in Thakurgaon District of northwest Bangladesh affected seven people, three of whom died. All subsequent cases developed illness 7–14 days after close physical contact with the index case while he was ill. Cases were more likely than controls to have been in the same room (100% vs. 9.5%, OR undefined, P<0.001). Although the source of infection for the index case was not identified, 50% of Pteropus bats sampled from near the outbreak area 1 month after the outbreak had antibodies to NiV confirming the presence of the virus in the area. The outbreak was spread by person-to-person transmission. Risk of NiV infection in family caregivers highlights the need for infection control practices to limit transmission of potentially infectious body secretions.
- Subject(s):
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Epidemiology
Immunology - DOI:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268810000695
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