Risk factors for hand, foot, and mouth disease and herpangina and the preventive effect of hand-washing

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Ruan, Feng ^a,b   Yang, Tao ^c   Ma, Huilai ^a   Jin, Yan ^a,d   Song, Shili ^c   Fontaine, Robert E ^a,e   Zhu, Bao Ping ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Zhuhai Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Yuhang Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Xinjiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

And mouth disease; Foot; Hand; Hand washing; Herpangina; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROVIRUS 71; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HAND WASHING; HERPANGINA; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAPULOVESICULAR RASH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HERPANGINA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79953320242     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1497     Document Type: Article

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