Exposure-Based Screening for Nipah Virus Encephalitis, Bangladesh

Authors :: Hossain M.S. Sazzad
Stephen P. Luby
Ute Ströher
Peter Daszak
Sharmin Sultana
Sayma Afroj
Mahmudur Rahman
Emily S. Gurley
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 21, Iss 2, Pp 349-351 (2015)
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015.
Abstract: We measured the performance of exposure screening questions to identify Nipah virus encephalitis in hospitalized encephalitis patients during the 2012–13 Nipah virus season in Bangladesh. The sensitivity (93%), specificity (82%), positive predictive value (37%), and negative predictive value (99%) results suggested that screening questions could more quickly identify persons with Nipah virus encephalitis.