Replication Data for: Quantification and determinants of the amount of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) shed using real time PCR data from a longitudinal household study.

The RSV infection data arise from an intensively followed cohort of 47 households with 493 occupants in rural coastal Kenya. The details of the study have been described elsewhere (13,17,18). In summary, throughout an RSV season spanning 26 weeks (December 2009-June 2010), nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) were collected by trained field assistants every 3-4 days, irrespective of symptoms, from 47 RSV naïve infants and their household members. Each field worker was assigned to sample specific households throughout the study period to minimise inter and intra-swabber variability. Households were selected through the Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS) and local community health workers and were considered eligible if they had a child born after 1st April 2009.