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


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.

SUBMITTER: Ng S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4829445 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Ng Sophia S   Lopez Roger R   Kuan Guillermina G   Gresh Lionel L   Balmaseda Angel A   Harris Eva E   Gordon Aubree A  

The Pediatric infectious disease journal 20160501 5


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. ...[more]

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