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Infections among Contacts of Patients with Nipah Virus, India

C P Girish Kumar et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 May.

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.

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