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

Year: 2016

Type: article

Study design: Observational Study

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.

Source: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000001083

Authors: Sophia Ng, Roger Lopez, Guillermina Kuan, Lionel Gresh, Angel Balmaseda, Eva Harris, Aubree Gordon

Institutions: University of Michigan, Ministerio de Salud, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of California, Berkeley, Sustainable Sciences Institute

Language: English

Topic: Influenza Virus Research Studies

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Public Health Service, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Fogarty International Center

Awards: G1594635959, Epidemiology, transmission, and phylogenetics of influenza in a tropical country, Epidemiology and Transmission of Influenza in Nicaragua, G921956316

OpenAlex ID: W2327212272

FWCI: 7.494

Cites: 10

Cited by: 71

Related to: 10