How the H1N1 influenza epidemic spread among university students in Japan: Experience from Shinshu University

• Published in: American journal of infection control Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 218 - 220
• Main Authors: Uchida, Mitsuo, Tsukahara, Teruomi, Kaneko, Minoru, Washizuka, Shinsuke, Kawa, Shigeyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.04.2012; Elsevier; Mosby-Year Book, Inc
• Subjects: Adolescent; Biological and medical sciences; Disease control; Disease Outbreaks; Disease transmission; Disease Transmission, Infectious; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Epidemiology. Vaccinations; Female; General aspects; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infection Control; Infectious Disease; Infectious diseases; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype - isolation & purification; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Influenza, Human - transmission; Influenza, Human - virology; Japan - epidemiology; Male; Medical sciences; Students; Swine flu; Swine-origin influenza A H1N1 virus; Universities; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases; Young Adult; Young adults; Asia; Japan; Swine-origin influenza A H1N1 virus; Disease transmission; Epidemiology; Infection control; Epidemic; Respiratory disease; H1N1 influenza; Transmission; Check; Orthomyxoviridae; Student; Prevention; Virus; Infection; Influenzavirus A; Influenza A virus; Viral disease; Animal; Influenza A (H1N1)

A worldwide outbreak of influenza A/H1N1 occurred in 2009. Little information is available regarding how the epidemic spread among young people, who composed the majority of individuals infected with this virus. We assessed the route of transmission of H1N1 among university students at Shinshu Unive...