Frequent Asymptomatic Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections during an Epidemic in a Rural Kenyan Household Cohort

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 212, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1711-1718

  Munywoki, Patrick K ^a   Koech, Dorothy C ^a   Agoti, Charles N ^a   Bett, Ann ^a   Cane, Patricia A ^b   Medley, Graham F ^c   Nokes, D James ^a,d,e  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d School of Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Households; Kenya; Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV); Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; KENYAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION; RURAL AREA; SEASHORE; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; FAMILY SIZE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945932194     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv263     Document Type: Article

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