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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated an outbreak of encephalitis in Tangail District, Bangladesh. We defined case-patients as persons from the outbreak area in whom fever developed with new onset of seizures or altered mental status from December 15, 2004, through January 31, 2005. Twelve persons met the definition; 11 (92%) died. Serum specimens were available from 3; 2 had immunoglobulin M antibodies against Nipah virus by capture enzyme immunoassay. We enrolled 11 case-patients and 33 neighborhood controls in a case-control study. The only exposure significantly associated with illness was drinking raw date palm sap (64% among case-patients vs. 18% among controls, odds ratio [OR] 7.9, p = 0.01). Fruit bats (Pteropus giganteus) are a nuisance to date palm sap collectors because the bats drink from the clay pots used to collect the sap at night. This investigation suggests that Nipah virus was transmitted from P. giganteus to persons through drinking fresh date palm sap.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1080-6040
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1888-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Bangladesh, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Child, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Chiroptera, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Disease Outbreaks, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Encephalitis, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Food Microbiology, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Henipavirus Infections, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Immunoenzyme Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Immunoglobulin G, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Immunoglobulin M, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Interviews as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17326940-Nipah Virus
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Foodborne transmission of Nipah virus, Bangladesh.
pubmed:affiliation
International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh. sluby@icddrb.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.