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| Title |
Obesity Increases the Duration of Influenza A Virus Shedding in Adults
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Infectious Diseases, August 2018
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| DOI | 10.1093/infdis/jiy370 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Hannah E Maier, Roger Lopez, Nery Sanchez, Sophia Ng, Lionel Gresh, Sergio Ojeda, Raquel Burger-Calderon, Guillermina Kuan, Eva Harris, Angel Balmaseda, Aubree Gordon |
| Abstract |
Epidemiologic studies indicate that obesity increases the risk of severe complications and death from influenza virus infections, especially in elderly individuals. This work investigates the effect of obesity on the duration of viral shedding within household transmission studies in Managua, Nicaragua, over 3 seasons (2015-2017). Symptomatic obese adults were shown to shed influenza A virus 42% longer than nonobese adults (adjusted event time ratio [ETR], 1.42; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.06-1.89); no association was observed with influenza B virus shedding duration. Even among paucisymptomatic and asymptomatic adults, obesity increased the influenza A shedding duration by 104% (adjusted ETR, 2.04; 95% CI, 1.35-3.09). These findings suggest that obesity may play an important role in influenza transmission. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 240 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 42 | 18% |
| Japan | 16 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 5% |
| Canada | 7 | 3% |
| Brazil | 6 | 3% |
| France | 5 | 2% |
| Mexico | 5 | 2% |
| Australia | 5 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 29 | 12% |
| Unknown | 109 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 188 | 78% |
| Scientists | 25 | 10% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 21 | 9% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 5 | 2% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 163 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 163 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 15% |
| Researcher | 22 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 9% |
| Other | 14 | 9% |
| Other | 26 | 16% |
| Unknown | 45 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 26% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 14 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 26 | 16% |
| Unknown | 55 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1055. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 October 2023.
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#15,107
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#21
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#276
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#1
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