Individual Correlates of Infectivity of Influenza A Virus Infections in Households

Tim K. Tsang; Vicky J. Fang; Kwok-Hung Chan; Dennis K. M. Ip; Gabriel M. Leung; J. S. Malik Peiris; Benjamin J. Cowling; Simon Cauchemez

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154418

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Individual Correlates of Infectivity of Influenza A Virus Infections in Households

Tim K. Tsang,

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Vicky J. Fang,

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Kwok-Hung Chan,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Dennis K. M. Ip,

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Gabriel M. Leung,

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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J. S. Malik Peiris,

Affiliations WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, Centre of Influenza Research, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Benjamin J. Cowling ,

* E-mail: bcowling@hku.hk

Affiliation WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Simon Cauchemez

Affiliation Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Individual Correlates of Infectivity of Influenza A Virus Infections in Households

Tim K. Tsang,
Vicky J. Fang,
Kwok-Hung Chan,
Dennis K. M. Ip,
Gabriel M. Leung,
J. S. Malik Peiris,
Benjamin J. Cowling,
Simon Cauchemez

Published: May 6, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154418

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