Household transmission of influenza A and B in a school-based study of non-pharmaceutical interventions

Epidemics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 181-186

  Azman, Andrew S ^a   Stark, James H ^b   Althouse, Benjamin M ^a   Vukotich, Charles J ^c   Stebbins, Samuel ^d   Burke, Donald S ^c   Cummings, Derek A T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Arlington County Health Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Household; Influenza; Intervention; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND WASHING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY CARE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DYNAMICS; HOUSEHOLD; INFLUENZA; INTERVENTION; TRANSMISSION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASKS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PENNSYLVANIA; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84886438204     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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