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.