title: Exposure-based screening for Nipah virus encephalitis, Bangladesh.
abstract: We measured the performance of exposure screening questions to identify Nipah virus encephalitis in hospitalized encephalitis patients during the 2012-13 Nipah virus season in Bangladesh. The sensitivity (93%), specificity (82%), positive predictive value (37%), and negative predictive value (99%) results suggested that screening questions could more quickly identify persons with Nipah virus encephalitis.
authors.forename: Hossain M S
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Sazzad
authors.forename: Stephen P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Luby
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ströher
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Daszak
authors.forename: Sharmin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sultana
authors.forename: Sayma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Afroj
authors.forename: Mahmudur
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Emily S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Gurley
mesh_terms: D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology*; D045464:Henipavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D045405:Nipah Virus / Q000145:classification*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012703:Serotyping