Exposure-Based Screening for Nipah Virus Encephalitis, Bangladesh
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%) r...
Main Authors: | Hossain M.S. Sazzad, Stephen P. Luby, Ute Ströher, Peter Daszak, Sharmin Sultana, Sayma Afroj, Mahmudur Rahman, Emily S. Gurley |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2015-02-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/2/14-1129_article |
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