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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2011 Nov;22(6):793–796. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3182302e8e

Table 2.

Estimates of the Community Probability of Infection and the Secondary Attack Proportion for children and adults

Persons assumed to be susceptible Influenza A subtype Cumulative community probability of infection (per season) Secondary attack proportion
Children probability (95%CI) Adults probability (95%CI) Children probability (95% CI) Adults probability (95% C1)
All persons pH1N1 0.18 (0.12- 0.25) 0.06 (0.03- 0.11) 0.15 (0.05- 0.28) 0.07 (0.00- 0.15)
sH1N1 0.03 (0.01- 0.06) 0.02 (0.01- 0.04) 0.06 (0.00- 0.19) 0.07 (0.00- 0.19)
sH3N2 0.09 (0.0-, 0.14) 0.05 (0.02- 0.08) 0.07 (0.00- 0.17) 0.09 (0.03- 0.18)
Persons with antibody ≤1:160 pH1N1 0.18 (0.12- 0.25) 0.07 (0.03- 0.11) 0.18 (0.05- 0.33) 0.08 (0.02- 0.15)
sH1N1 0.04 (0.02- 0.08) 0.02 (0.01- 0.05) 0.10 (0.00- 0.31) 0.08 (0.00- 0.23)
sH3N2 0.13 (0.08- 0.20) 0.05 (0.02- 0.08) 0.14 (0.02- 0.35) 0.11 (0.03- 0.22)
Persons with antibody ≤1:40 pH1N1 0.18 (0.11- 0.24) 0.07 (0.03,-0.11) 0.18 (0.05- 0.31) 0.08 (0.02- 0.16)
sH1N1 0.06 (0.02- 0.12) 0.02 (0.01- 0.05) 0.25 (0.00- 0.83) 0.07 (0.00- 0.21)
sH3N2 0.16 (0.08- 0.28) 0.06 (0.03- 0.09) 0.18 (0.02- 0.46) 0.12 (0.02- 0.26)

CI = credibility interval.

1A(H3N2).