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Volume 24, Number 1—January 2018
Research

Nipah Virus Contamination of Hospital Surfaces during Outbreaks, Bangladesh, 2013–2014

Md Zakiul HassanComments to Author , Hossain M.S. Sazzad, Stephen P. Luby, Katharine Sturm-Ramirez, Mejbah Uddin Bhuiyan, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Md Muzahidul Islam, Ute Ströher, Sharmin Sultana, Mohammad Abdullah Heel Kafi, Peter Daszak, Mahmudur Rahman, and Emily S. Gurley
Author affiliations: icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh (M.Z. Hassan, H.M.S. Sazzad, K. Sturm-Ramirez, M.U. Bhuiyan, M.Z. Rahman, M.M. Islam, M.A.H. Kafi, E.S. Gurley); Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA (S.P. Luby); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (K. Sturm-Ramirez, U. Ströher); Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, Dhaka (S. Sultana, M. Rahman); EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, USA (P. Daszak)

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Table 1

Laboratory results of swab samples of 6 patients with detectable Nipah virus RNA from 3 surveillance hospitals, Bangladesh, December 2013–April 2014*

Patient Days after hospitalization collected and result
Surface swab sample
1
 2
Oral swab sample
 Towel Bed sheet Bed rail Clinical file Walls Towel Bed sheet Bed rail Clinical file Walls
1 2 3
1 Pos Pos Pos Neg Pos Neg
2 Pos Pos Pos Pos Neg Neg
3 Pos Pos Pos Pos Pos Neg Neg
4 Pos Pos Neg Neg
5 Pos Pos Pos Neg Neg Neg Neg
6 Pos Pos Neg Neg Neg Neg Neg

*Pos, positive; neg, negative. Blank cells indicate no sample collected.

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