Lack of evidence for pre-symptomatic transmission of pandemic influenza virus A(H1N1) 2009 in an outbreak among teenagers; Germany, 2009

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Hermes, Julia ^a,b   Bernard, Helen ^a   Buchholz, Udo ^a   Spackova, Michaela ^a,c   Löw, Johann ^d   Loytved, Gunther ^d   Suess, Thorsten ^a   Hautmann, Wolfgang ^e   Werber, Dirk ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Postgraduate Training for Applied Epidemiology PAE   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^d Local Health Authority   (Germany)

^e Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Diesease outbreaks; Epidemiology; H1N1 subtype; Influenza A virus; Pre symptomatic infectiousness; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRAVEL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PANDEMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054789056     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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