ReviewThe Lancet. Infectious diseases2024
The role of asymptomatic infections in influenza transmission: what do we really know.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Influenza mitigation recommendations, symptoms, and viral RNA shedding durations-2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Innate immune responsiveness predicts enhanced cellular immunity and symptomatic disease after controlled human influenza infection.Nature medicine · 2026Article
- Beyond influenza-like-illness: data-driven syndromic surveillance for fine-scale monitoring of seasonal respiratory viruses.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Modelling the Effects of Treatment Failure on the Minor Outbreak Duration for Carrier-Related Infectious Disease.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Africa's Struggle to Meet Global Pandemic Influenza Immunization Targets: Lessons for Public Health Policy and Preparedness-A Focus on Ghana.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Clinical Analysis of Neonatal Influenza in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Study.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2026Article
- Respiratory viral infections in professional ice hockey teams-a one-season observational study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Healthcare Workers Have More Frequent and Less Severe Influenza-Like Illness Than Non-healthcare Workers: Findings From the PAIVED Study.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Asymptomatic and Mildly Symptomatic Influenza Virus Infections by Season: Case-Ascertained Household Transmission Studies, United States, 2017-2023.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Asymptomatic Human Infections With Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Confirmed by Molecular and Serologic Testing: A Scoping Review.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Long-Term Sewage Survey of SARS-CoV-2, Influenza A and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), and Correlation to Human Cases in a City with One Million Inhabitants.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Estimation of under-reporting influenza cases in Hong Kong based on bayesian hierarchical framework.Infectious Disease Modelling · 2025Article
- The relationship between a known diagnosis of tuberculosis and symptom reporting: implications for case detection strategies.The European respiratory journal · 2025Article
- Fast and flu-rious: How to prevent and treat emerging influenza A viruses.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
- Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Illness and Asymptomatic Infection in 2022-2023: A Prospective Cohort Study.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025Article
- Increasing child vaccination coverage can reduce influenza cases across age groups: An agent-based modeling study.The Journal of infection · 2025Article
- Advances in the structure-based design of protein vaccines for respiratory infectious diseases.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025Review
- Efficacy of powered air-purifying respirators (PAPRs) for source control of simulated respiratory aerosols.American journal of infection control · 2024Article
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Abstract
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of asymptomatic influenza virus infections in influenza transmission was uncertain. However, the importance of asymptomatic infection with SARS-CoV-2 for onward transmission of COVID-19 has led experts to question whether the role of asymptomatic influenza virus infections in transmission had been underappreciated. We discuss the existing evidence on the frequency of asymptomatic influenza virus infections, the extent to which they contribute to infection transmission, and remaining knowledge gaps. We propose priority areas for further evaluation, study designs, and case definitions to address existing knowledge gaps.
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