Volume 10, Number 12—December 2004
Research
Nipah Virus Encephalitis Reemergence, Bangladesh
Table 1
Risk factors for illness among patients and nonpatients, Chandpur village, Meherpur, Bangladesh, 2001
Characteristic | Patients | Nonpatients | OR (95% CI)a |
---|---|---|---|
Caring for or living with a person with a case | 10/13 | 34/83 | 4·80 (1.23–18.8) |
Shared personal items | 7/10 | 24/29 | 0·49 (0.09–2·56) |
Contact with secretions from a person with a case | 7/9 | 11/29 | 5·73 (1.00–32·7) |
Any animal contact | |||
Chickens | 13/13 | 83/83 | Undefined |
Cows | 13/13 | 68/83 | 6.11 (0.34–108.4) |
Dogs | 12/13 | 78/83 | 0.76 (0.08–7.16) |
Goats | 10/13 | 64/83 | 0.98 (0.25–3.97) |
Ducks | 9/13 | 58/83 | 0.97 (0.27–3.45) |
Bats | 3/13 | 36/83 | 0.39 (0.10–1.53) |
Sick animal contact | |||
Chicken | 7/13 | 44/ 83 | 1.03 (0.32–3.34) |
Cow | 8/13 | 14/83 | 7.89 (2.24–27.7) |
Dog | 0/13 | 2/83 | 1.20 (0.05–26.5) |
Goat | 5/13 | 23/83 | 1.63 (0.48–5.50) |
Duck | 1/13 | 24/83 | 0.20 (0.03–1.66) |
aOR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.