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Volume 21, Number 2—February 2015
Dispatch

Exposure-Based Screening for Nipah Virus Encephalitis, Bangladesh

Hossain M.S. SazzadComments to Author , Stephen P. Luby, Ute Ströher, Peter Daszak, Sharmin Sultana, Sayma Afroj, Mahmudur Rahman, and Emily S. Gurley
Author affiliations: icddr,b,1 Dhaka, Bangladesh (H.M.S. Sazzad, S. Afroj, E.S. Gurley); Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA (S.P. Luby); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (U. Ströher); EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, USA (P. Daszak); Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, Dhaka (S. Sultana, M. Rahman)

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Table 2

Comparison of results of screening for exposure to* and results of serologic testing for Nipah virus encephalitis among patients with encephalitis at 3 surveillance hospitals, Bangladesh, December 2012–March 2013

Months Prevalence (95% CI), % Sensitivity (95% CI), % Specificity (95% CI), % Positive predictive value (95% CI), % Negative predictive value (95% CI), %
Dec 2012–Mar 2013 5 (3–8) 82 (57–96) 86 (81–89) 24 (14–37) 99 (97–100)
Jan–Feb 2013 10 (6–16) 93 (68–100) 82 (74–88) 37 (22–54) 99 (95–100)

*Drinking raw or fermented date palm sap or having contact with encephalitis patients in month before illness onset.

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1Formerly International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh.

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