Nipah virus infection outbreak with nosocomial and corpse-to-human transmission, Bangladesh

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 210-217

  Sazzad, Hossain M S ^a   Hossain, M Jahangir ^a   Gurley, Emily S ^a   Ameen, Kazi M H ^b   Parveen, Shahana ^a   Islam, M Saiful ^a   Faruque, Labib I ^a   Podder, Goutam ^a   Banu, Sultana S ^b   Lo, Michael K ^c   Rollin, Pierre E ^c   Rota, Paul A ^c   Daszak, Peter ^d   Rahman, Mahmudur ^b   Luby, Stephen P ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research   (Bangladesh)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NIPAH VIRUS INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARECACEAE; BANGLADESH; BEVERAGES; BURIAL; CADAVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIPAH VIRUS; PHYSICIANS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930475782     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1902.120971     Document Type: Article

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