Infections among Contacts of Patients with Nipah Virus, India

Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 May;25(5):1007-1010. doi: 10.3201/eid2505.181352.

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.

Keywords: India; Nipah virus; contact tracing; healthcare workers; subclinical infection; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Henipavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Henipavirus Infections / transmission*
  • Henipavirus Infections / virology
  • Humans
  • India / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nipah Virus* / classification
  • Nipah Virus* / genetics
  • Nipah Virus* / immunology
  • Public Health Surveillance
  • Young Adult