Nipah virus outbreaks in Bangladesh: a deadly infectious disease

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dc.creatorMahmudur Rahman
dc.creatorApurba Chakraborty
dc.date2019-11-06T12:18:20Z
dc.date2019-11-06T12:18:20Z
dc.date2012-04-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-03T08:56:27Z
dc.descriptionDuring 2001-2011, multidisciplinary teams from the Institute of Epidemiology,Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) and International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research,Bangladesh(icddr,b) identified sporadic cases and 11 outbreaks of Nipah encephalitis. Threeoutbreaks were detected through sentinel surveillance; others were identified through event-basedsurveillance. A total of 196 cases of Nipah encephalitis, in outbreaks, clusters and as isolated caseswere detected from 20 districts of Bangladesh; out of them 150 (77%) cases died. Drinking rawdate palm sap and contact with a case were identified as the major risk factors for acquiring thedisease. Combination of surveillance systems and multidisciplinary outbreak investigations can bean effective strategy not only for detection of emerging infectious diseases but also for identificationof novel characteristics and risk factors for these diseases in resource- poor settings.
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dc.identifier2224-3151 (Print)
dc.identifier2304-5272 (Electronic)
dc.identifierhttps://iris.who.int/handle/10665/329829
dc.identifier.urihttps://repo.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/228032
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWorld Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
dc.relationWHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health
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dc.subjectNipah virus
dc.subjectoutbreak
dc.subjectsurveillance
dc.subjecttransmission
dc.subjectcommunicable disease
dc.subjectBangladesh
dc.titleNipah virus outbreaks in Bangladesh: a deadly infectious disease
dc.typeJournal articles

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