Influenza virus shedding and symptoms: Dynamics and implications from a multi-season household transmission study
Sinead E. Morris,
Huong Q. Nguyen,
Carlos G. Grijalva
et al.
Abstract:Isolation of symptomatic infectious persons can reduce influenza transmission. However, virus shedding that occurs without symptoms will be unaffected by such measures. Identifying effective isolation strategies for influenza requires understanding the interplay between individual virus shedding and symptom presentation. From 2017–2020, we conducted a case-ascertained household transmission study using influenza real-time reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) testing of nasal swabs and daily symptom… Show more
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