Duration of Enterovirus D68 RNA Shedding in the Upper Respiratory Tract and Transmission among Household Contacts, Colorado, USA
Hai Nguyen-Tran
, Careese Thompson, Molly Butler, Kristen R. Miller, Laura Pyle, Sarah Jung, Shannon Rogers, Terry Fei Fan Ng, Janell Routh, Samuel R. Dominguez, and Kevin Messacar
Author affiliations: University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA (H. Nguyen-Tran, K.R. Miller, L. Pyle, S.R. Dominguez, K. Messacar); Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora (C. Thompson, M. Butler, S. Jung); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S. Rogers, T.F.F. Ng, J. Routh)
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Figure 3
Figure 3. EV-D68 RNA shedding curve for adults (n = 3) versus children (n = 11) in study of shedding and household transmission, Colorado, USA. All children required hospitalization. The + mark indicates the time at which 1 participant was censored at the last day of inpatient collection because they did not report dates of home testing. The log-rank test statistic was used to test whether the 2 curves were different. EV, enterovirus.
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