Case-ascertained study of household transmission of seasonal influenza - South Africa, 2013.

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Published in J Infect on September 11, 2015

Authors

Preetha Iyengar¹, Claire von Mollendorf², Stefano Tempia³, Alexandra Moerdyk⁴, Ziyaad Valley-Omar⁴, Orienka Hellferscee⁴, Neil Martinson⁵, Meera Chhagan⁶, Meredith McMorrow⁷, Manoj Gambhir⁸, Simon Cauchemez⁹, Ebrahim Variava¹⁰, Katlego Masonoke⁵, Adam L Cohen¹¹, Cheryl Cohen¹²

Author Affiliations

1: Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, USA; Global Disease Detection Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, USA; US Public Health Service, 5600 Fishers Ln, Rockville, MD, USA. Electronic address: piyengar@gmail.com.
2: Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 1 Modderfontein Rd, Sandringham, Johannesburg, South Africa; School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa.
3: Influenza Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-South Africa, PO Box 9536, Pretoria, South Africa; Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, USA.
4: Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 1 Modderfontein Rd, Sandringham, Johannesburg, South Africa.
5: Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johns Hopkins University Center for TB Research, 1550 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD, USA.
6: Department of Pediatrics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, King George V Ave, Glenwood, Durban, South Africa.
7: US Public Health Service, 5600 Fishers Ln, Rockville, MD, USA; Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, USA.
8: Modeling Unit, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, USA; Epidemiological Modelling Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Australia.
9: Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, Paris, France.
10: Department of Medicine, Klerksdorp Tshepong Hospital Complex and University of the Witwatersrand, Corner of OR Tambo and John Orr Street, Klerksdorp, South Africa.
11: US Public Health Service, 5600 Fishers Ln, Rockville, MD, USA; Influenza Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-South Africa, PO Box 9536, Pretoria, South Africa; Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, USA.
12: Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 1 Modderfontein Rd, Sandringham, Johannesburg, South Africa; School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. Electronic address: cherylc@nicd.ac.za.