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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Infect Dis. 2015 Feb 25. pii: jiv106. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]The Role of HIV in the Household Introduction and Transmission of Influenza in an Urban Slum, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008-2011.[/h] Judd MC[SUP]1[/SUP], Emukule GO[SUP]2[/SUP], Njuguna H[SUP]2[/SUP], McMorrow ML[SUP]3[/SUP], Arunga GO[SUP]4[/SUP], Katz MA[SUP]2[/SUP], Montgomery JM[SUP]2[/SUP], Wong JM[SUP]5[/SUP], Breiman RF[SUP]2[/SUP], Mott JA[SUP]2[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] Little is known about how HIV infection affects influenza transmission within homes in sub-Saharan Africa.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] We used respiratory illness surveillance and HIV testing data gathered in Kibera, an urban slum in Nairobi, Kenya to examine the impact of HIV status on (i) introducing influenza to the home and (ii) transmission to household contacts.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] While HIV status did not affect the likelihood of being an influenza index case, household contacts of HIV-infected influenza index cases had twice the risk of developing secondary ILI than contacts of HIV-negative index cases.
[h=4]CONCLUSIONS:[/h] HIV-infected influenza index cases may facilitate transmission of influenza within the home.
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2015. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.
PMID: 25722293 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
[h=1]The Role of HIV in the Household Introduction and Transmission of Influenza in an Urban Slum, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008-2011.[/h] Judd MC[SUP]1[/SUP], Emukule GO[SUP]2[/SUP], Njuguna H[SUP]2[/SUP], McMorrow ML[SUP]3[/SUP], Arunga GO[SUP]4[/SUP], Katz MA[SUP]2[/SUP], Montgomery JM[SUP]2[/SUP], Wong JM[SUP]5[/SUP], Breiman RF[SUP]2[/SUP], Mott JA[SUP]2[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] Little is known about how HIV infection affects influenza transmission within homes in sub-Saharan Africa.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] We used respiratory illness surveillance and HIV testing data gathered in Kibera, an urban slum in Nairobi, Kenya to examine the impact of HIV status on (i) introducing influenza to the home and (ii) transmission to household contacts.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] While HIV status did not affect the likelihood of being an influenza index case, household contacts of HIV-infected influenza index cases had twice the risk of developing secondary ILI than contacts of HIV-negative index cases.
[h=4]CONCLUSIONS:[/h] HIV-infected influenza index cases may facilitate transmission of influenza within the home.
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2015. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.
PMID: 25722293 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]