Secondary household transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus among an urban and rural population in Kenya, 2009-2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Clara Y ^a,b   Breiman, Robert F ^c   Cosmas, Leonard ^c   Audi, Allan ^c   Aura, Barrack ^c   Bigogo, Godfrey ^c   Njuguna, Henry ^c   Lebo, Emmaculate ^c   Waiboci, Lilian ^c   Njenga, M Kariuki ^c   Feikin, Daniel R ^c   Katz, Mark A ^c,d  

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

^b OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SORE THROAT; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; PANDEMIC; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KENYA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; PANDEMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84862206487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038166     Document Type: Article

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