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Article: The infection attack rate and severity of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in Hong Kong

TitleThe infection attack rate and severity of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in Hong Kong
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Issue Date2010
PublisherOxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/cid/
Citation
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2010, v. 51 n. 10, p. 1184-1191 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground. Serial cross-sectional data on antibody levels to the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza A virus from a population can be used to estimate the infection attack rates and immunity against future infection in the community. Methods. From April through December 2009, we obtained 12,217 serum specimens from blood donors (aged 16-59 years), 2520 specimens from hospital outpatients (aged 5-59 years), and 917 specimens from subjects involved in a community pediatric cohort study (aged 5-14 years). We estimated infection attack rates by comparing the proportions of specimens with antibody titers ≥1:40 by viral microneutralization before and after the first wave of the pandemic. Estimates were validated using paired serum samples from 324 individuals that spanned the first wave. Combining these estimates with epidemiologic surveillance data, we calculated the proportion of infections that led to hospitalization, admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), and death. Results. We found that 3.3% and 14% of persons aged 5-59 years had antibody titers ≥1:40 before and after the first wave, respectively. The overall attack rate was 10.7%, with age stratification as follows: 43.4% in persons aged 5-14 years, 15.8% in persons aged 15-19 years, 11.8% in persons aged 20-29 years, and 4%-4.6% in persons aged 30-59 years. Case-hospitalization rates were 0.47%-0.87% among persons aged 5-59 years. Case-ICU rates were 7.9 cases per 100,000 infections in persons aged 5-14 years and 75 cases per 100,000 infections in persons aged 50-59 years, respectively. Case-fatality rates were 0.4 cases per 100,000 infections in persons aged 5-14 years and 26.5 cases per 100,000 infections in persons aged 50-59 years, respectively. Conclusions. Almost half of all school-aged children in Hong Kong were infected during the first wave. Compared with school children aged 5-14 years, older adults aged 50-59 years had 9.5 and 66 times higher risks of ICU admission and death if infected, respectively. © 2010 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/129464
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2023 Impact Factor: 8.2
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.308
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Funding AgencyGrant Number
Government of the Hong Kong SARPHE-20
PHE-2
Hong Kong University Grants CommitteeAoE/M-12/06
Harvard Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics from the US National Institutes of Health1 U54 GM088558
EMPERIE (EU)223498
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of HealthHHSN266200700005C
N01-AI-70005
Funding Information:

Financial support. Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Disease, Food and Health Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong SAR (PHE-20 and PHE-2), the Area of Excellence Scheme of the Hong Kong University Grants Committee (AoE/M-12/06), the Harvard Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics from the US National Institutes of Health Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study program (1 U54 GM088558), EMPERIE (EU FP7 grant 223498), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the National Institutes of Health (HHSN266200700005C; ADB no. N01-AI-70005).

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dc.contributor.authorWu, JTen_HK
dc.contributor.authorMa, ESKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLee, CKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChu, DKWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHo, PLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorShen, ALen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHo, Aen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHung, IFNen_HK
dc.contributor.authorRiley, Sen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHo, LMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLin, CKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTsang, Ten_HK
dc.contributor.authorLo, SVen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLau, YLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLeung, GMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCowling, BJen_HK
dc.contributor.authorPeiris, JSMen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-23T08:37:41Z-
dc.date.available2010-12-23T08:37:41Z-
dc.date.issued2010en_HK
dc.identifier.citationClinical Infectious Diseases, 2010, v. 51 n. 10, p. 1184-1191en_HK
dc.identifier.issn1058-4838en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/129464-
dc.description.abstractBackground. Serial cross-sectional data on antibody levels to the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza A virus from a population can be used to estimate the infection attack rates and immunity against future infection in the community. Methods. From April through December 2009, we obtained 12,217 serum specimens from blood donors (aged 16-59 years), 2520 specimens from hospital outpatients (aged 5-59 years), and 917 specimens from subjects involved in a community pediatric cohort study (aged 5-14 years). We estimated infection attack rates by comparing the proportions of specimens with antibody titers ≥1:40 by viral microneutralization before and after the first wave of the pandemic. Estimates were validated using paired serum samples from 324 individuals that spanned the first wave. Combining these estimates with epidemiologic surveillance data, we calculated the proportion of infections that led to hospitalization, admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), and death. Results. We found that 3.3% and 14% of persons aged 5-59 years had antibody titers ≥1:40 before and after the first wave, respectively. The overall attack rate was 10.7%, with age stratification as follows: 43.4% in persons aged 5-14 years, 15.8% in persons aged 15-19 years, 11.8% in persons aged 20-29 years, and 4%-4.6% in persons aged 30-59 years. Case-hospitalization rates were 0.47%-0.87% among persons aged 5-59 years. Case-ICU rates were 7.9 cases per 100,000 infections in persons aged 5-14 years and 75 cases per 100,000 infections in persons aged 50-59 years, respectively. Case-fatality rates were 0.4 cases per 100,000 infections in persons aged 5-14 years and 26.5 cases per 100,000 infections in persons aged 50-59 years, respectively. Conclusions. Almost half of all school-aged children in Hong Kong were infected during the first wave. Compared with school children aged 5-14 years, older adults aged 50-59 years had 9.5 and 66 times higher risks of ICU admission and death if infected, respectively. © 2010 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/cid/en_HK
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dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_HK
dc.subject.meshAdulten_HK
dc.subject.meshAntibodies, Viral - blooden_HK
dc.subject.meshChilden_HK
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschoolen_HK
dc.subject.meshCross-Sectional Studiesen_HK
dc.subject.meshDisease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical dataen_HK
dc.subject.meshHong Kong - epidemiologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshHumansen_HK
dc.subject.meshImmunoglobulin G - blooden_HK
dc.subject.meshInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype - immunologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshInfluenza, Human - epidemiology - immunology - virologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshMarkov Chainsen_HK
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_HK
dc.subject.meshMonte Carlo Methoden_HK
dc.subject.meshNeutralization Testsen_HK
dc.subject.meshReproducibility of Resultsen_HK
dc.subject.meshSeroepidemiologic Studiesen_HK
dc.titleThe infection attack rate and severity of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in Hong Kongen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailWu, JT: joewu@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1086/656740en_HK
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dc.identifier.volume51en_HK
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dc.relation.projectThe attack rate, transmission dynamics and viral evolution in a cohort of Hong Kong families during an epidemic of novel influenza virus (H1N1)-
dc.relation.projectA detailed longitudinal study of infection attack rates among healthy adults in Hong Kong during the epidemic of the human swine influenza A/H1N1 virus in 2009-
dc.relation.projectControl of Pandemic and Inter-pandemic Influenza-
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