Exposure-based screening for nipah virus encephalitis, Bangladesh

Hossain M.S. Sazzad; Stephen P. Luby; Ute Ströher; Peter Daszak; Sharmin Sultana; Sayma Afroj; Mahmudur Rahman; Emily S. Gurley

doi:10.3201/eid2102.141129

Exposure-based screening for nipah virus encephalitis, Bangladesh

Hossain M.S. Sazzad, Stephen P. Luby, Ute Ströher, Peter Daszak, Sharmin Sultana, Sayma Afroj, Mahmudur Rahman, Emily S. Gurley

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Abstract

We measured the performance of exposure screening questions to identify Nipah virus encephalitis in hospitalized encephalitis patients during the 2012-13 Nipah virus season in Bangladesh. The sensitivity (93%), specificity (82%), positive predictive value (37%), and negative predictive value (99%) results suggested that screening questions could more quickly identify persons with Nipah virus encephalitis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	349-351
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging infectious diseases
Volume	21
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2102.141129
State	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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