Household transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus in the United States

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 2619-2627

  Cauchemez, Simon ^a   Donnelly, Christl A ^a   Reed, Carrie ^b   Ghani, Azra C ^a   Fraser, Christophe ^a   Kent, Charlotte K ^b   Finelli, Lyn ^b   Ferguson, Neil M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1 INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049109693     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0905498     Document Type: Article

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