Pandemic H1N1 virus transmission and shedding dynamics in index case households of a prospective Vietnamese cohort

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Phạm Quang Thái · National Institute Of Hygiene And Epidemiology

Lê Quynh · National Institute Of Hygiene And Epidemiology

Matthijs R. A. Welkers · Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam

Nguyễn Lê Khánh Hằng · National Institute Of Hygiene And Epidemiology

Le Thị Thanh · National Institute Of Hygiene And Epidemiology

Dung Tien Viet Vu · Oxford University Clinical Research Unit

Abstract

In this cohort of A(H1N1)pdm09 susceptible persons, virus sequencing was capable of discriminating household from community transmission. Household transmission involved mothers and children but rarely fathers. Asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic shedding was common.

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Published in: Journal of Infection

Volume 68, Issue 6, pp. 581-590

DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.01.008

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Pandemic H1N1 virus transmission and shedding dynamics in index case households of a prospective Vietnamese cohort

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