An outbreak of influenza A(H1N1)v in a boarding school in South East England, May-June 2009

Smith, Alison G C; Coles, S; Johnson, Steve; Saldaña, Luisa; Ihekweazu, Chikwe; O’Moore, Éamonn

doi:10.2807/ese.14.27.19263-en

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“…While antiviral prophylaxis may have been effective at an individual level 1 initial cases in schools were often not identified early enough for prophylaxis to have had a major impact on disease transmission. 32 In contrast, school closures seem extremely effective in reducing transmission as seen by the termination of the first wave when all schools closed for the summer holidays. However, use of national school closure at other unplanned times as a pandemic control measure could result in a considerable economic and social burden.…”

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Assessment of baseline age-specific antibody prevalence and incidence of infection to novel influenza AH1N1 2009

Hardelid¹,

Andrews²,

Höschler³

et al. 2010

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Section: Seroincidence Estimatesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of baseline age-specific antibody prevalence and incidence of infection to novel influenza AH1N1 2009

Hardelid¹,

Andrews²,

Höschler³

et al. 2010

Health Technol Assess

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119

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“…Amplifying events, like school outbreaks of influenza A (H1N1)v infections reported by the United Kingdom (UK) and France [6,7,8] confirmed sustained community transmission [9] and required the surveillance systems to adapt accordingly [5,10].…”

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Community transmission of influenza A (H1N1)v virus at a rock festival in Belgium, 2-5 July 2009

et al. 2009

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On 6 July 2009 the Belgian enhanced surveillance system for influenza-like illness among travellers returning from influenza A(H1N1)v affected areas detected a case linked to a rock festival which took place on 2-5 July. The health authorities implemented communication and control measures leading to the detection of aditional cases. This paper describes the outbreak and its impact on the management of the influenza pandemic in Belgium.

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“…In fact, several outbreaks of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in schools were reported worldwide (1,2,5,14,15,21). However, little is known about the impact of this dissemination in a pandemic situation.…”

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Seroprevalence of Pandemic 2009 (H1N1) Influenza A Virus among Schoolchildren and Their Parents in Tokyo, Japan

Iwatsuki‐Horimoto¹,

Horimoto²,

Tamura³

et al. 2011

Clin. Vaccine Immunol.

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Since its emergence, the 2009 pandemic H1N1 virus has spread rapidly throughout the world. Previously, we reported that most individuals born after 1920 do not have cross-reactive virus-neutralizing antibodies against pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus, indicating that they were immunologically naïve to the pandemic virus prior to its emergence. This finding provided us with an excellent opportunity for a seroepidemiological investigation of the transmission mode of the pandemic virus in the community. To gain insight into its transmission within communities, we performed a serosurvey for pandemic virus infection with schoolchildren at an elementary school in Tokyo, Japan, and their parents. We observed a high prevalence of neutralizing antibodies to the pandemic virus in the children at this school, although the percentage of children positive for the neutralizing antibodies varied among classrooms. While a much lower prevalence was observed among parents, seropositivity of the parents correlated with that of their schoolchildren. Moreover, many adults appeared to have experienced asymptomatic infection with the pandemic virus. These data suggest that the pandemic virus was readily transmitted among schoolchildren in elementary schools and that it was also transmitted from schoolchildren to their parents.

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An outbreak of influenza A(H1N1)v in a boarding school in South East England, May-June 2009

Cited by 57 publications

References 1 publication

Assessment of baseline age-specific antibody prevalence and incidence of infection to novel influenza AH1N1 2009

Assessment of baseline age-specific antibody prevalence and incidence of infection to novel influenza AH1N1 2009

Community transmission of influenza A (H1N1)v virus at a rock festival in Belgium, 2-5 July 2009

Seroprevalence of Pandemic 2009 (H1N1) Influenza A Virus among Schoolchildren and Their Parents in Tokyo, Japan

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