Investigating Rare Risk Factors for Nipah Virus in Bangladesh: 2001-2012.

ABSTRACT: Human Nipah encephalitis outbreaks have been identified almost yearly in Bangladesh since 2001. Though raw date palm sap consumption and person-to-person contact are recognized as major transmission pathways, alternative pathways of transmission are plausible and may not have been identified due to limited statistical power in each outbreak. We conducted a risk factor analysis using all 157 cases and 632 controls surveyed in previous investigations during 2004-2012 to identify exposures independently associated with Nipah, since date palm sap was first asked about as an exposure in 2004. To further explore possible rare exposures, we also conducted in-depth interviews with all cases, or proxies, since 2001 that reported no exposure to date palm sap or contact with another case. Cases were

SUBMITTER: Hegde ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5164848 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature