Infections among Contacts of Patients with Nipah Virus, India

We conducted a serosurvey of 155 healthcare workers and 124 household and community members who had close contact with 18 patients who had laboratory-confirmed Nipah virus infections in Kerala, India. We detected 3 subclinical infections; 2 persons had IgM and IgG and 1 only IgM against Nipah virus.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kumar, C.P. Girish, Sugunan, Attayur P., Yadav, Pragya, Kurup, Karishma Krishna, Aarathee, Renjith, Manickam, Ponnaiah, Bhatnagar, Tarun, Radhakrishnan, Chandni, Thomas, Beena, Kumar, Akhilesh, Jayasree, Jayasree, Philomina, Bina, Kumar, K.G. Sajeeth, Thulaseedharan, N.K., Gupta, Nivedita, Rajendran, R., Saritha, R.L., Mourya, Devendra T., Gangakhedkar, Raman R., Murhekar, Manoj V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31002050
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.181352
Descripción
Sumario:We conducted a serosurvey of 155 healthcare workers and 124 household and community members who had close contact with 18 patients who had laboratory-confirmed Nipah virus infections in Kerala, India. We detected 3 subclinical infections; 2 persons had IgM and IgG and 1 only IgM against Nipah virus.

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