Contagious Period for Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

Contagious Period for Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

We estimated the proportion of persons with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 who were shedding infectious virus at diagnosis and on day 8 of illness. In households with confirmed cases, nasopharyngeal swabs were collected on all members and tested by PCR and virus culture. Of 47 cases confirmed by PCR at <7...

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Main Authors: Gaston De Serres, Isabelle Rouleau, Marie-Eve Hamelin, Caroline Quach, Danuta Skowronski, Louis Flamand, Nicole Boulianne, Yan Li, Julie Carbonneau, Anne-Marie Bourgault, Michel Couillard, Hugues Charest, Guy Boivin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Influenza
contagiousness
shedding
pandemic
viruses
expedited
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/5/09-1894_article

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