Table 3.
Signs and symptoms reported by household contacts with confirmed influenza in studies where respiratory specimens were collected from household contacts regardless of illness
| Cowling 201022(n=9) No. (%) |
Papenburg 201035(n=45) No. (%) |
Suess 201041(n=15) No. (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Cough | 8 (88.9) | 38 (84.4) | 10 (66.7) |
| Fever | 5 (55.6) | 30 (66.7) | 8 (53.3) |
| Sore throat | 6 (66.7) | -- | 3 (20.0) |
| Headache | 4 (44.4) | -- | 4 (26.7) |
| Myalgia | 3 (33.3) | -- | 4 (26.7) |
| Diarrhoea | -- | 11 (24.4) | -- |
| Nausea | -- | 7 (15.6) | -- |
| Runny nose | 4 (44.4) | -- | -- |
| Asymptomatic | 1 (11.1) | 3 (6.7) | 3 (20.0) |