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Acknowledgments
This generic protocol was adapted from the protocol entitled Household transmission investigation
protocol for pandemic influenza A(HxNy) in Country X and Prospective study of household
transmission of influenza by the Consortium for the Standardization of Influenza Seroepidemiology
(CONSISE). CONSISE is a global partnership aiming to develop influenza investigation protocols and
standardize seroepidemiology to inform public health policy for pandemic, zoonotic and seasonal
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