Journal article
Determinants of Influenza Transmission in South East Asia: Insights from a Household Cohort Study in Vietnam
S Cauchemez, NM Ferguson, A Fox, LQ Mai, LT Thanh, PQ Thai, DD Thoang, TN Duong, LN Minh Hoa, N Tran Hien, P Horby
Plos Pathogens | Published : 2014
Abstract
To guide control policies, it is important that the determinants of influenza transmission are fully characterized. Such assessment is complex because the risk of influenza infection is multifaceted and depends both on immunity acquired naturally or via vaccination and on the individual level of exposure to influenza in the community or in the household. Here, we analyse a large household cohort study conducted in 2007–2010 in Vietnam using innovative statistical methods to ascertain in an integrative framework the relative contribution of variables that influence the transmission of seasonal (H1N1, H3N2, B) and pandemic H1N1pdm09 influenza. Influenza infection was diagnosed by haemagglutina..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The research leading to these results received funding from the Wellcome Trust (grants 081613/Z/06/Z and 077078/Z/05/Z), the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under Grant Agreement nu278433-PREDEMICS, the European Union FP7 EMPERIE project, the NIGMS MIDAS initiative, the Medical Research Council, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.