Transmissibility of Variant Influenza From Swine to Humans: A Modeling Approach
Author(s) -
Karen K. Wong,
Manoj Gambhir,
Lyn Finelli,
David L. Swerdlow,
Stephen M. Ostroff,
Carrie Reed
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cit303
Subject(s) - transmissibility (structural dynamics) , medicine , virology , human influenza , influenza a virus , pandemic , virus , covid-19 , environmental health , immunology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , physics , vibration isolation , quantum mechanics , vibration
Respiratory illness was reported among humans and swine at an agricultural fair in 2011; 3 human infections with an influenza A(H3N2) variant (H3N2v) virus were confirmed. Using epidemiologic investigation data, we sought to estimate H3N2v transmissibility from swine to humans.
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