Viral Shedding and Transmission Potential of Asymptomatic and Paucisymptomatic Influenza Virus Infections in the Community. Author(s): Ip DK, Lau LL, Leung NH, Fang VJ, Chan KH, Chu DK, Leung GM, Peiris JS, Uyeki TM, Cowling BJ|Journal: Clin Infect Dis|PMID: 28011603| March 2017 Influenza virus infections are associated with a wide spectrum of disease. However, few studies have investigated in detail the epidemiological…
Quantifying homologous and heterologous antibody titre rises after influenza virus infection. Author(s): Freeman G, Perera RA, Ngan E, Fang VJ, Cauchemez S, Ip DK, Peiris JS, Cowling BJ|Journal: Epidemiol Infect|PMID: 27018720| August 2016 Most influenza virus infections are associated with mild disease. One approach to estimate the occurrence of influenza virus infections in…
Individual Correlates of Infectivity of Influenza A Virus Infections in Households. Author(s): Tsang TK, Fang VJ, Chan KH, Ip DK, Leung GM, Peiris JS, Cowling BJ, Cauchemez S|Journal: PLoS One|PMID: 27153194| May 2016 Identifying individual correlates of infectivity of influenza virus is important for disease control and prevention. Viral shedding is used as…
Association between the Severity of Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Infections and Length of the Incubation Period. Author(s): Virlogeux V, Yang J, Fang VJ, Feng L, Tsang TK, Jiang H, Wu P, Zheng J, Lau EH, Qin Y, Peng Z, Peiris JS, Yu H, Cowling BJ|Journal: PLoS One|PMID: 26885816| February 2016 In early 2013, a novel avian-origin influenza A(H7N9) virus emerged in China, and has caused sporadic human infections. The incubation…
Quantification of Influenza Virus RNA in Aerosols in Patient Rooms. Author(s): Leung NH, Zhou J, Chu DK, Yu H, Lindsley WG, Beezhold DH, Yen HL, Li Y, Seto WH, Peiris JS, Cowling BJ|Journal: PLoS One|PMID: 26849130| February 2016 The potential for human influenza viruses to spread through fine particle aerosols remains controversial. The objective of our study was…
Quantifying influenza virus diversity and transmission in humans. Author(s): Poon LL, Song T, Rosenfeld R, Lin X, Rogers MB, Zhou B, Sebra R, Halpin RA, Guan Y, Twaddle A, DePasse JV, Stockwell TB, Wentworth DE, Holmes EC, Greenbaum B, Peiris JS, Cowling BJ, Ghedin E|Journal: Nat Genet|PMID: 26727660| February 2016 Influenza A virus is characterized by high genetic diversity. However, most of what is known about influenza evolution has come…
Interventions to reduce zoonotic and pandemic risks from avian influenza in Asia. Author(s): Peiris JS, Cowling BJ, Wu JT, Feng L, Guan Y, Yu H, Leung GM|Journal: Lancet Infect Dis|PMID: 26654122| February 2016 Novel influenza viruses continue to emerge, posing zoonotic and potentially pandemic threats, such as with avian influenza A H7N9. Although…
Interpreting Seroepidemiologic Studies of Influenza in a Context of Nonbracketing Sera. Author(s): Tsang TK, Fang VJ, Perera RA, Ip DK, Leung GM, Peiris JS, Cauchemez S, Cowling BJ|Journal: Epidemiology|PMID: 26427725| January 2016 In influenza epidemiology, analysis of paired sera collected from people before and after influenza seasons has been used for decades…
Influenza A Virus Shedding and Infectivity in Households. Author(s): Tsang TK, Cowling BJ, Fang VJ, Chan KH, Ip DK, Leung GM, Peiris JS, Cauchemez S|Journal: J Infect Dis|PMID: 25883385| November 2015 Viral shedding is often considered to correlate with the infectivity of influenza, but the evidence for this is limited.
Comparative Epidemiology of Influenza B Yamagata- and Victoria-Lineage Viruses in Households. Author(s): Xu C, Chan KH, Tsang TK, Fang VJ, Fung RO, Ip DK, Cauchemez S, Leung GM, Peiris JS, Cowling BJ|Journal: Am J Epidemiol|PMID: 26400854| October 2015 Influenza B viruses split into 2 distinct lineages in the early 1980s, commonly named the Victoria and Yamagata lineages. There…
