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SUBMITTER: Otomaru H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8634588 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Otomaru Hirono H Sornillo Johanna Beulah T JBT Kamigaki Taro T Bado Samantha Louise P SLP Okamoto Michiko M Saito-Obata Mariko M Inobaya Marianette T MT Segubre-Mercado Edelwisa E Alday Portia P PP Saito Mayuko M Tallo Veronica L VL Quiambao Beatriz P BP Oshitani Hitoshi H Cook Alex R AR
American journal of epidemiology 20211201 12
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of lower respiratory tract infection worldwide, but reports of temporal changes in the risk of transmission among close contacts has been scarce. This study aimed to examine an association between the viral load trajectory and transmission risk to develop a better control strategy for the disease spread. We conducted a household-based prospective cohort study in Biliran Province, the Philippines, and enrolled 451 participants to observe the de ...[more]