Volume 19, Number 2—February 2013
Synopsis
Nipah Virus Infection Outbreak with Nosocomial and Corpse-to-Human Transmission, Bangladesh
Hossain M.S. Sazzad
, M. Jahangir Hossain, Emily S. Gurley, Kazi M.H. Ameen, Shahana Parveen, M. Saiful Islam, Labib I. Faruque, Goutam Podder, Sultana S. Banu, Michael K. Lo, Pierre E. Rollin, Paul A. Rota, Peter Daszak, Mahmudur Rahman, and Stephen P. Luby
, M. Jahangir Hossain, Emily S. Gurley, Kazi M.H. Ameen, Shahana Parveen, M. Saiful Islam, Labib I. Faruque, Goutam Podder, Sultana S. Banu, Michael K. Lo, Pierre E. Rollin, Paul A. Rota, Peter Daszak, Mahmudur Rahman, and Stephen P. LubyTable 1
Demographic and clinical features of outbreak and sporadic case-patients with encephalitis caused by Nipah virus infection, Faridpur, Bangladesh, 2010*
| Feature |
First-generation outbreak, n = 4 |
Second-generation outbreak, n = 4 |
Sporadic, n = 8 |
All, n = 16 |
| Median age, y (range) | 28 (10–45) | 55 (32–60) | 23 (4–45) | 35 (4–60) |
| Male sex |
1 (25) |
3 (75) |
5 (63) |
9 (56) |
| Clinical features | ||||
| Fever | 4 (100) | 4 (100) | 8 (100) | 16 (100) |
| Altered mental status | 4 (100) | 3 (75) | 8 (100) | 15 (94) |
| Unconscious | 4 (100) | 2 (50) | 8 (100) | 14 (88) |
| Difficulty breathing | 2 (50) | 3 (75) | 7 (88) | 12 (75) |
| Headache | 4 (100) | 2 (50) | 4 (50) | 10 (63) |
| Vomiting | 4 (100) | 1 (25) | 3 (38) | 8 (50) |
| Convulsion |
3 (75) |
1 (25) |
3 (38) |
7 (44) |
| Case-fatality rate | 4 (100) | 3 (75) | 7 (88) | 14 (88) |
| Median days (range) from onset of illness to death | 7 (4–8) | 6 (3–7) | 4 (4–17) | 5 (3–17)† |
*Values are no. (%) case-patients except as indicated.
†n = 14, all of whom died.
