Findings from a household randomized controlled trial of hand washing and face masks to reduce influenza transmission in Bangkok, Thailand

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 256-267

  Simmerman, James M ^a   Suntarattiwong, Piyarat ^b   Levy, Jens ^a   Jarman, Richard G ^c   Kaewchana, Suchada ^a   Gibbons, Robert V ^c   Cowling, Ben J ^d   Sanasuttipun, Wiwan ^a   Maloney, Susan A ^a   Uyeki, Timothy M ^e   Kamimoto, Laurie ^e   Chotipitayasunondh, Tawee ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b QUEEN SIRIKIT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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

Author keywords

Face mask; Hand washing; Influenza; Non pharmaceutical intervention; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOSE CONGESTION; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEIZURE; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SORE THROAT; TACHYPNEA; THAILAND; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 79958743676     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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