Household transmission of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus, Taiwan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Oct;17(10):1928-31. doi: 10.3201/eid1710.101662.

Abstract

During August-November 2009, to investigate disease transmission within households in Taiwan, we recruited 87 pandemic (H1N1) 2009 patients and their household members. Overall, pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus was transmitted to 60 (27%) of 223 household contacts. Transmission was 4× higher to children than to adults (61% vs. 15%; p<0.001).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Family
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / isolation & purification*
  • Influenza, Human / diagnosis*
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology
  • Influenza, Human / transmission*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics
  • Taiwan
  • Young Adult