Volume 17, Number 9—September 2011
Research
Intrahousehold Transmission of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus, Victoria, Australia
Caroline van Gemert
, Margaret Hellard, Emma S. McBryde, James Fielding, Tim Spelman, Nasra Higgins, Rosemary Lester, Hassan Vally1, and Isabel Bergeri
, Margaret Hellard, Emma S. McBryde, James Fielding, Tim Spelman, Nasra Higgins, Rosemary Lester, Hassan Vally1, and Isabel BergeriTable 1
Characteristics of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 case-patients and household contacts, Victoria, Australia, May 18–June 3, 2009*
| Characteristic |
No. (%) index case-patients, n = 36 |
No. (%) household contacts, n = 131 |
p value |
| Individual level | |||
| Sex | |||
| M | 25 (69.4) | 69 (52.7) | 0.07 |
| F | 11 (30.6) | 62 (47.3) | |
| Age, y | |||
| 0–4 | 0 | 13 (9.92) | <0.001 |
| 5–19 | 31 (86.1) | 40 (30.5) | |
| 20–49 | 5 (13.9) | 68 (51.9) | |
| >50 |
0 |
10 (7.63) |
|
| Household level | NA | NA | |
| No. persons | |||
| 2–3 | 5 (13.9) | ||
| 4–5 | 22 (61.1) | ||
| >6 |
9 (25.0) |
||
| No. children | NA | NA | |
| 1 | 12 (33.3) | ||
| 2 | 15 (41.7) | ||
| >3 |
9 (25.0) |
||
| Cultural and linguistic diversity | NA | NA | |
| English only spoken at home | 18 (50.0) | ||
| English and/or other language(s) spoken at home | 18 (50.0) |
*NA, not applicable.
1Current affiliation: La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
