Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Transmission during Presymptomatic Phase, Japan

During an epidemiologic investigation of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009 virus infection in May 2009 in Osaka, Japan, we found 3 clusters in which virus transmission occurred during the presymptomatic phase. This finding has public health implications because it indicates that viral transmission in c...

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Autores principales: Gu, Yoshiaki, Komiya, Nobuhiro, Kamiya, Hajime, Yasui, Yoshinori, Taniguchi, Kiyosu, Okabe, Nobuhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21888808
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1709.101411
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Sumario:During an epidemiologic investigation of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009 virus infection in May 2009 in Osaka, Japan, we found 3 clusters in which virus transmission occurred during the presymptomatic phase. This finding has public health implications because it indicates that viral transmission in communities cannot be prevented solely by isolating symptomatic case-patients.

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