Household Transmission of Influenza Virus

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 123-133

  Tsang, Tim K ^a   Lau, Lincoln L H ^b   Cauchemez, Simon ^c   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Control; Households; Influenza; Public health; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; FACE MASK; GENDER; HAND WASHING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY INFECTION RISK; SMOKING; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; FAMILY SIZE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

CONTACT TRACING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 84959245326     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.10.012     Document Type: Review

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