53, 1237 1244 (2011)A study describing human H5N1 case clusters in Indonesia.
Importantly, in each case clusters formed and dissolved within minutes depending on the environmental conditions (Fig. 3).
Several case clusters occurred in high-rise residential buildings in Hong Kong in the 2003 SARS (the severe acute respiratory syndrome) epidemic, which motivated a series of engineering investigations into the possible airborne transport routes.
Thus, depending on the case, clusters could be interpreted as groups of nodes with linking features as, for example, being easily reachable from each other, or some kind of coverage guarantee.
The virus does not spread easily from person to person, but there have been case clusters in which family members or nurses and doctors who cared for patients were infected.
There has been limited unsustained human-to-human transmission in several case clusters.
In the later case, clusters with lower multiplicity were energetically more favorable.
Older children were more likely to be members of case clusters at home and at school.
As a result, community transmission may be disconnected from local transmission identified by case clusters based on home address.
These cases contribute to the overall genetic diversity of North American B. anthracis isolates, but generally represent small case clusters that do not become ecologically founded.
No case clusters occurred.
