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Heterogeneity in viral shedding among individuals with medically attended influenza A virus infection.


ABSTRACT: Compared with the average transmissibility of human influenza A virus, much less attention has been paid to the potential variability in its transmissibility. We considered viral shedding as a proxy for infectiousness and explored the heterogeneity of infectiousness among patients with medically attended seasonal influenza A virus infection. The analysis revealed that viral shedding is more heterogeneous in children than in adults. The top 20% most infectious children and adults were estimated to be responsible for 89%-96% and 78%-82%, respectively, of the total infectiousness in each age group. Further investigation is required to correlate the substantial variations in viral shedding with heterogeneity in actual transmissibility.

SUBMITTER: Lau LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3603536 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Heterogeneity in viral shedding among individuals with medically attended influenza A virus infection.

Lau Lincoln L H LL   Ip Dennis K M DK   Nishiura Hiroshi H   Fang Vicky J VJ   Chan Kwok-Hung KH   Peiris J S Malik JS   Leung Gabriel M GM   Cowling Benjamin J BJ  

The Journal of infectious diseases 20130204 8


Compared with the average transmissibility of human influenza A virus, much less attention has been paid to the potential variability in its transmissibility. We considered viral shedding as a proxy for infectiousness and explored the heterogeneity of infectiousness among patients with medically attended seasonal influenza A virus infection. The analysis revealed that viral shedding is more heterogeneous in children than in adults. The top 20% most infectious children and adults were estimated t  ...[more]

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