@article{1adfcab0be1643c3b7ae988457659543,
title = "A cohort study of health care workers to assess nosocomial transmissibility of Nipah virus, Malaysia, 1999",
abstract = "During 1998-1999, an outbreak of Nipah virus encephalitis occurred in Malaysia. To assess the possibility of nosocomial transmission, 338 health care workers (HCWs) exposed and 288 HCWs unexposed to outbreak-related patients were surveyed, and their serum samples were tested for anti-Nipah virus antibody. Needlestick injuries were reported by 12 (3%) HCWs, mucosal surface exposure to body fluids by 39 (11%), and skin exposure to body fluids by 89 (25%). No encephalitis occurred in either group. Three exposed and no unexposed HCWs tested positive by EIA for IgG antibodies. It is likely that these 3 were false positives; no IgM response occurred, and the serum samples were negative for anti-Nipah virus neutralizing antibodies. The risk of nosocomial transmission of Nipah virus appears to be low; however, given the high case-fatality rate and the presence of virus in respiratory secretions and urine of some patients, standard and droplet infection-control practices should be maintained with these patients.",
author = "Mounts, {Anthony W.} and Hanjeet Kaur and Parashar, {Umesh D.} and Ksiazek, {Thomas G.} and Deborah Cannon and Arokiasamy, {John T.} and Anderson, {Larry J.} and Lye, {M. S.}",
note = "Funding Information: 1Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch and 2Disease Assessment and 3Diagnostic Sections, Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, and 4Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia; 5Institute of Medical Research and 6Department of Public Health, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Funding Information: Abu Bakar Suleiman, Mohamad Taha Arif, Ah Sian Tee, De-ven Kurup, and Marzukhi Mohamad Isa (Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia); Wan Rozita Wan Mahiyuddin and Muhammad A. Kamaluddin (Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia); Flora Ong (Sarawak State Health Department, Kuching, Malaysia); Ghazali Othman (Negeri Sem-bilan State Health Department, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia); and Patrick C. Stockton (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta).",
year = "2001",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1086/318822",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "183",
pages = "810--813",
journal = "Journal of Infectious Diseases",
issn = "0022-1899",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "5",
}