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Transmissibility of the Influenza Virus during Influenza Outbreaks and Related Asymptomatic Infection in Mainland China, 2005-2013

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  • Tao Chen
  • Tianmu Chen
  • Ruchun Liu
  • Cuiling Xu
  • Dayan Wang
  • Faming Chen
  • Wenfei Zhu
  • Xixing Zhang
  • Jing Yang
  • Lijie Wang
  • Zhi Xie
  • Yongkun Chen
  • Tian Bai
  • Yelan Li
  • Zhiyu Wang
  • Min Zhang
  • Shuilian Chen
  • Yuelong Shu

Abstract

We collected 2768 Influenza-like illness emergency public health incidents from April 1, 2005 to November 30, 2013reported in the Emergency Public Reporting System. After screening by strict inclusion and exclusion criteria, there were 613 outbreaks analyzed with susceptible–exposed–infectious/asymptomatic–removed model in order to estimate the proportion of asymptomatic individuals (p) and the effective reproduction number (Rt). The relation between Rt and viral subtypes, regions, outbreak sites, populations, and seasons were analyzed. The mean values of p of different subtypes ranged from 0.09 to 0.15, but could be as high as up to 0.94. Different subtypes, provinces, regions, and sites of outbreak had statistically significantly different Rt. In particular, the southern region also manifested different Rt by affected population size and seasonality. Our results provide China and also the rest of the world a reference to understand characteristics of transmission and develop prevention and control strategies.

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  • Tao Chen & Tianmu Chen & Ruchun Liu & Cuiling Xu & Dayan Wang & Faming Chen & Wenfei Zhu & Xixing Zhang & Jing Yang & Lijie Wang & Zhi Xie & Yongkun Chen & Tian Bai & Yelan Li & Zhiyu Wang & Min Zhang, 2016. "Transmissibility of the Influenza Virus during Influenza Outbreaks and Related Asymptomatic Infection in Mainland China, 2005-2013," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(11), pages 1-14, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0166180
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166180
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