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Influenza A (H1N1) in Victoria, Australia: A Community Case Series and Analysis of Household Transmission
BACKGROUND: We characterise the clinical features and household transmission of pandemic influenza A (pH1N1) in community cases from Victoria, Australia in 2009. METHODS: Questionnaires were used to collect information on epidemiological characteristics, illness features and co-morbidities of cases...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2965654/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21060887 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013702 |
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author | Looker, Clare Carville, Kylie Grant, Kristina Kelly, Heath |
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description | BACKGROUND: We characterise the clinical features and household transmission of pandemic influenza A (pH1N1) in community cases from Victoria, Australia in 2009. METHODS: Questionnaires were used to collect information on epidemiological characteristics, illness features and co-morbidities of cases identified in the 2009 Victorian Influenza Sentinel Surveillance program. RESULTS: The median age of 132 index cases was 21 years, of whom 54 (41%) were under 18 years old and 28 (21%) had medical co-morbidities. The median symptom duration was significantly shorter for children who received antivirals than in those who did not (p = 0.03). Assumed influenza transmission was observed in 63 (51%) households. Influenza-like illness (ILI) developed in 115 of 351 household contacts, a crude secondary attack rate of 33%. Increased ILI rates were seen in households with larger numbers of children but not larger numbers of adults. Multivariate analysis indicated contacts of cases with cough and diarrhoea, and contacts in quarantined households were significantly more likely to develop influenza-like symptoms. CONCLUSION: Most cases of pH1N1 in our study were mild with similar clinical characteristics to seasonal influenza. Illness and case features relating to virus excretion, age and household quarantine may have influenced secondary ILI rates within households. |
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spelling | pubmed-29656542010-11-08 Influenza A (H1N1) in Victoria, Australia: A Community Case Series and Analysis of Household Transmission Looker, Clare Carville, Kylie Grant, Kristina Kelly, Heath PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: We characterise the clinical features and household transmission of pandemic influenza A (pH1N1) in community cases from Victoria, Australia in 2009. METHODS: Questionnaires were used to collect information on epidemiological characteristics, illness features and co-morbidities of cases identified in the 2009 Victorian Influenza Sentinel Surveillance program. RESULTS: The median age of 132 index cases was 21 years, of whom 54 (41%) were under 18 years old and 28 (21%) had medical co-morbidities. The median symptom duration was significantly shorter for children who received antivirals than in those who did not (p = 0.03). Assumed influenza transmission was observed in 63 (51%) households. Influenza-like illness (ILI) developed in 115 of 351 household contacts, a crude secondary attack rate of 33%. Increased ILI rates were seen in households with larger numbers of children but not larger numbers of adults. Multivariate analysis indicated contacts of cases with cough and diarrhoea, and contacts in quarantined households were significantly more likely to develop influenza-like symptoms. CONCLUSION: Most cases of pH1N1 in our study were mild with similar clinical characteristics to seasonal influenza. Illness and case features relating to virus excretion, age and household quarantine may have influenced secondary ILI rates within households. Public Library of Science 2010-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC2965654/ /pubmed/21060887 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013702 Text en Looker et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Looker, Clare Carville, Kylie Grant, Kristina Kelly, Heath Influenza A (H1N1) in Victoria, Australia: A Community Case Series and Analysis of Household Transmission |
title | Influenza A (H1N1) in Victoria, Australia: A Community Case Series and Analysis of Household Transmission |
title_full | Influenza A (H1N1) in Victoria, Australia: A Community Case Series and Analysis of Household Transmission |
title_fullStr | Influenza A (H1N1) in Victoria, Australia: A Community Case Series and Analysis of Household Transmission |
title_full_unstemmed | Influenza A (H1N1) in Victoria, Australia: A Community Case Series and Analysis of Household Transmission |
title_short | Influenza A (H1N1) in Victoria, Australia: A Community Case Series and Analysis of Household Transmission |
title_sort | influenza a (h1n1) in victoria, australia: a community case series and analysis of household transmission |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2965654/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21060887 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013702 |
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