학술논문
Infections among Contacts of Patients with Nipah Virus, India.
Document Type
Journal Article
Author
Kumar, C. P. Girish; Sugunan, Attayur P.; Yadav, Pragya; Kurup, Karishma Krishna; Aarathee, Renjith; Manickam, Ponnaiah; Bhatnagar, Tarun; Radhakrishnan, Chandni; Thomas, Bina; Kumar, Akhilesh; Jayasree, V.; Jose, Beena Philomina; Kumar, K.G. Sajeeth; Thulaseedharan, N. K.; Gupta, Nivedita; Rajendran, V. R.; Saritha, R. L.; Mourya, Devendra T.; Gangakhedkar, Raman R.; Murhekar, Manoj V.
Source
Subject
*NIPAH virus
*VIRUS diseases
*HOUSEHOLD employees
*INFECTION
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Language
ISSN
1080-6040
Abstract
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]