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ArticlePloS one2014

High rate of A(H1N1)pdm09 infections among rural Thai villagers, 2009-2010.

Benjawan Khuntirat, In-Kyu Yoon, Malinee Chittaganpitch, Whitney S Krueger, Krongkaew Supawat, Patrick J Blair, Shannon D Putnam, Robert V Gibbons, Darunee Buddhari, Pathom Sawanpanyalert and 3 more

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Benjawan KhuntiratDepartment of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
In-Kyu YoonDepartment of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Malinee ChittaganpitchNational Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
Whitney S KruegerCollege of Public Health and Health Professions and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.
Krongkaew SupawatNational Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
Patrick J BlairNaval Medical Research Center - Asia, Singapore, Singapore.
Shannon D PutnamNaval Health Research Center, San Diego, California, United States of America.
Robert V GibbonsDepartment of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Darunee BuddhariDepartment of Virology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Pathom SawanpanyalertNational Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
Gary L HeilCollege of Public Health and Health Professions and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.
John A FriaryCollege of Public Health and Health Professions and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.
Gregory C GrayCollege of Public Health and Health Professions and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.

Funding

Prospective Studies of Avian Influenza Transmission in AsiaR01AI068803 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI GRAY, GREGORY CHARLES · 2006 to 2010
$1.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI068803
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 emerged in Thailand in 2009. A prospective longitudinal adult cohort and household transmission study of influenza-like illness (ILI) was ongoing in rural Thailand at the time of emergence. Symptomatic and subclinical A(H1N1)pdm09 infection rates in the cohort and among household members were evaluated.

methodsA cohort of 800 Thai adults underwent active community-based surveillance for ILI from 2008-2010. Acute respiratory samples from ILI episodes were tested for A(H1N1)pdm09 by qRT-PCR; acute and 60-day convalescent blood samples were tested by A(H1N1)pdm09 hemagglutination inhibition assay (HI). Enrollment, 12-month and 24-month follow-up blood samples were tested for A(H1N1)pdm09 seroconversion by HI. Household members of influenza A-infected cohort subjects with ILI were enrolled in household transmission investigations in which day 0 and 60 blood samples and acute respiratory samples were tested by either qRT-PCR or HI for A(H1N1)pdm09. Seroconversion between annual blood samples without A(H1N1)pdm09-positive ILI was considered as subclinical infection.

resultsThe 2-yr cumulative incidence of A(H1N1)pdm09 infection in the cohort in 2009/2010 was 10.8% (84/781) with an annual incidence of 1.2% in 2009 and 9.7% in 2010; 83.3% of infections were subclinical (50% in 2009 and 85.9% in 2010). The 2-yr cumulative incidence was lowest (5%) in adults born ≤ 1957. The A(H1N1)pdm09 secondary attack rate among household contacts was 47.2% (17/36); 47.1% of these infections were subclinical. The highest A(H1N1)pdm09 secondary attack rate among household contacts (70.6%, 12/17) occurred among children born between 1990 and 2003.

conclusionSubclinical A(H1N1)pdm09 infections in Thai adults occurred frequently and accounted for a greater proportion of all A(H1N1)pdm09 infections than previously estimated. The role of subclinical infections in A(H1N1)pdm09 transmission has important implications in formulating strategies to predict and prevent the spread of A(H1N1)pdm09 and other influenza virus strains.

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PMCPMC4154756

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