Modes of transmission of influenza B virus in households

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Ip, Dennis K M ^a   Fang, Vicky J ^a   Suntarattiwong, Riyarat ^b   Olsen, Sonja J ^c,d   Levy, Jens ^c   Uyeki, Timothy M ^d   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Peiris, J S Malik ^a   Chotpitayasunondh, Tawee ^b   Nishiura, Hiroshi ^e   Simmerman, J Mark ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN SIRIKIT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f Medical Affairs   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; FEVER; HAND WASHING; HONG KONG; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; THAILAND; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT; COUGHING; GENETICS; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MASK; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

CERCOPITHECINE HERPESVIRUS 1; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907485588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108850     Document Type: Article

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