Transmission of Nipah Virus — 14 Years of Investigations in Bangladesh

Transmission of Nipah Virus — 14 Years of Investigations in Bangladesh

Nipah virus is a highly virulent zoonotic pathogen. In this report from Bangladesh, which included 40% of the world’s known cases, the risk factors for human-to-human transmission were evaluated. No asymptomatic cases were identified. Increased respiratory symptoms in the patient and prolonged close...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2019-05, Vol.380 (19), p.1804-1814
Hauptverfasser: Nikolay, Birgit, Salje, Henrik, Hossain, M. Jahangir, Khan, A.K.M. Dawlat, Sazzad, Hossain M.S, Rahman, Mahmudur, Daszak, Peter, Ströher, Ute, Pulliam, Juliet R.C, Kilpatrick, A. Marm, Nichol, Stuart T, Klena, John D, Sultana, Sharmin, Afroj, Sayma, Luby, Stephen P, Cauchemez, Simon, Gurley, Emily S
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Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Animals
Bangladesh
Binomial distribution
Body Fluids
Child
Contact Tracing
Disease transmission
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Epidemics
Fatalities
Female
Health surveillance
Henipavirus Infections
Hospitals
Humans
Hypotheses
Illnesses
Infections
Infectious diseases
Infectivity
Life Sciences
Male
Mathematics
Medical laboratories
Middle Aged
Nipah Virus
Outbreaks
Patients
Public health
Respiration
Risk Factors
Statistics
Young Adult
Zoonoses
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Zusammenfassung:Nipah virus is a highly virulent zoonotic pathogen. In this report from Bangladesh, which included 40% of the world’s known cases, the risk factors for human-to-human transmission were evaluated. No asymptomatic cases were identified. Increased respiratory symptoms in the patient and prolonged close contact from caregivers were associated with secondary transmission.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa1805376