The Timeline of Influenza Virus Shedding in Children and Adults in a Household Transmission Study of Influenza in Managua, Nicaragua

Sophia Ng; Roger Lopez; Guillermina Kuan; Lionel Gresh; Angel Balmaseda; Eva Harris; Aubree Gordon

doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000001083

The Timeline of Influenza Virus Shedding in Children and Adults in a Household Transmission Study of Influenza in Managua, Nicaragua

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 May;35(5):583-6. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001083.

Authors

Sophia Ng¹, Roger Lopez, Guillermina Kuan, Lionel Gresh, Angel Balmaseda, Eva Harris, Aubree Gordon

Affiliation

¹ From the *Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; †Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua; ‡Centro de Salud Sócrates Flores Vivas Health Center, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua; §Sustainable Sciences Institute, Managua, Nicaragua; and ¶Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California.

Abstract

In a household transmission study in Nicaragua, children under 6 years old had a longer duration of presymptomatic influenza virus shedding than adults. The duration of postsymptomatic influenza virus shedding was longest in children 0-5 years old, followed by children 6-15 years of age and adults.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Child
Family Characteristics
Humans
Influenza, Human / transmission*
Influenza, Human / virology*
Nicaragua
Orthomyxoviridae / isolation & purification*
Time Factors
Virus Shedding*

Abstract

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MeSH terms

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