id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-324125-wau2xq0x Qiu, Chao Epidemiologic report and serologic findings for household contacts of three cases of influenza A (H7N9) virus infection 2013-12-16 .txt text/plain 1817 103 51 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: We conducted epidemiologic investigations and serologic assays on household contacts that were extensively exposed to three influenza A (H7N9) virus infected case-patients before infection-control practices were implemented. Household contact Antibody a b s t r a c t Background and objective: We conducted epidemiologic investigations and serologic assays on household contacts that were extensively exposed to three influenza A (H7N9) virus infected case-patients before infection-control practices were implemented. Case ascertainment among most of the contacts in previous large epidemiologic reports has been mostly based on clinical symptoms and detection of virus using real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay [3, 4] . The H7N9 virus was detectable by real-time RT-PCR assay in her throat swab, sputum, urine, and stool for 10-11 days after she was transferred to the SHAPHC and for 17-18 days after the onset of symptoms. ./cache/cord-324125-wau2xq0x.txt ./txt/cord-324125-wau2xq0x.txt