Influenza Transmission in a Cohort of Households with Children: 2010-2011

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 8; no. 9; p. e75339
• Main Authors: Petrie, Joshua G., Ohmit, Suzanne E., Cowling, Benjamin J., Johnson, Emileigh, Cross, Rachel T., Malosh, Ryan E., Thompson, Mark G., Monto, Arnold S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 25.09.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adults; Age Factors; Analysis of Variance; Child; Children; Cohort Studies; Communities; Disease transmission; Family Characteristics; Health risks; History, 21st Century; Households; Humans; Humidification; Illnesses; Immunization; Influenza; Influenza A; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype; Influenza B; Influenza B virus; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Influenza, Human - transmission; Michigan - epidemiology; Mitigation; Parameter estimation; Polymerase chain reaction; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Respiratory diseases; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA-directed DNA polymerase; Seasons; Secondary infection; Studies; Swine flu; Vaccination; Vaccines; Viruses; Michigan; Ann Arbor Michigan; United States > US

Households play a major role in community spread of influenza and are potential targets for mitigation strategies. We enrolled and followed 328 households with children during the 2010-2011 influenza season; this season was characterized by circulation of influenza A (H3N2), A (H1N1)pdm09 and type B...