Secondary Household Transmission of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A

Secondary Household Transmission of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A

In Kenya, >1,200 laboratory-confirmed 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) (pH1N1) cases occurred since June 2009. We used population-based infectious disease surveillance (PBIDS) data to assess household transmission of pH1N1 in urban Nairobi (Kibera) and rural Lwak. We defined a pH1N1 patient as la...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2012-06, Vol.7 (6), p.e38166
Hauptverfasser: Kim, Clara Y, Breiman, Robert F, Cosmas, Leonard, Audi, Allan, Aura, Barrack, Bigogo, Godfrey, Njuguna, Henry, Lebo, Emmaculate, Waiboci, Lilian, Njenga, M. Kariuki, Feikin, Daniel R, Katz, Mark A
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Sprache:eng
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Diseases
Health aspects
Influenza
Medical research
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Zusammenfassung:In Kenya, >1,200 laboratory-confirmed 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) (pH1N1) cases occurred since June 2009. We used population-based infectious disease surveillance (PBIDS) data to assess household transmission of pH1N1 in urban Nairobi (Kibera) and rural Lwak. We defined a pH1N1 patient as laboratory-confirmed pH1N1 infection among PBIDS participants during August 1, 2009-February 5, 2010, in Kibera, or August 1, 2009-January 20, 2010, in Lwak, and a case household as a household with a laboratory-confirmed pH1N1 patient. Community interviewers visited PBIDS-participating households to inquire about illnesses among household members. We randomly selected 4 comparison households per case household matched by number of children aged
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0038166