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Influenza
Reports on influenza findings from Rhode Island Hospital provide new insights
March 10th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "A better understanding of transmission dynamics is essential in influenza pandemic planning. If a substantial proportion of transmissions were to occur during the presymptomatic phase or from asymptomatic individuals, then infection control measures such as contact tracing and quarantine of exposures would be of limited value." "Infectiousness has been inferred based on the presence of influenza in the upper respiratory tract rather than from transmission experiments. Although asymptomatic individuals may shed influenza virus, studies have not determined if such people effectively transmit influenza. We performed a...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-10)
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