Nipah virus contamination of hospital surfaces during outbreaks, Bangladesh, 2013-2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 15-21

  Hassan, Md Zakiul ^a,f   Sazzad, Hossain M S ^a   Luby, Stephen P ^b   Sturm Ramirez, Katharine ^a,c   Bhuiyan, Mejbah Uddin ^a   Rahman, Mohammed Ziaur ^a   Islam, Md Muzahidul ^a   Ströher, Ute ^c   Sultana, Sharmin ^d   Kafi, Mohammad Abdullah Heel ^a   Daszak, Peter ^e   Rahman, Mahmudur ^d   Gurley, Emily S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

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

^e ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^f Infectious Disease Hospital   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIPAH VIRUS; NIPAH VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BED; EPIDEMIC; FOMITE; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTION; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MORTALITY; MOUTH; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

BANGLADESH; BEDDING AND LINENS; BEDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOMITES; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MOUTH; NIPAH VIRUS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 85038821679     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2401.161758     Document Type: Article

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