Volume 19, Number 2—February 2013
Synopsis
Nipah Virus Infection Outbreak with Nosocomial and Corpse-to-Human Transmission, Bangladesh
Table 1
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.
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