Nipah Virus Encephalitis Reemergence, Bangladesh
Emerging Infectious Diseases·
- DOI
- 10.3201/eid1012.040701
- PMID
- 15663842
- PMCID
- PMC3323384
- OpenAlex
- W2042499956
- Study type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
The authors recommend surveillance and improved diagnostic capacity to detect Nipah virus infection.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
The study investigated two outbreaks of encephalitis in Meherpur and Naogaon, Bangladesh, in 2001 and 2003, including possible transmission sources and infection among patients, contacts, residents, hospital workers, and animals.
Study design
Retrospective outbreak investigation involving serum collection from ill persons, household contacts, randomly selected residents, hospital workers, and animals, with laboratory-confirmed and probable case classifications.
Population and setting
The setting was Meherpur and Naogaon, Bangladesh, during outbreaks in 2001 and 2003. The abstract describes patients, household contacts, randomly selected residents, hospital workers, and various animals.
Main findings
The investigation identified 13 cases in Meherpur and 12 in Naogaon. Patients were more likely than nonpatients to report close contact with other patients or contact with a sick cow. Two Pteropus bats had antibodies to Nipah virus, while hospital worker samples were negative.
Public-health relevance
The authors recommend surveillance and improved diagnostic capacity to detect Nipah virus infection.
Important limitations
The summary is limited to the supplied single-article abstract and metadata, and decision-grade interpretation would require review of the original paper.
GIDS interpretation
This article is linked to outbreak investigation, surveillance, transmission dynamics, and diagnostics in Bangladesh. The supplied evidence does not connect it to any current or live surveillance signal.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 12 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.