The role of facemasks and hand hygiene in the prevention of influenza transmission in households: Results from a cluster randomised trial; Berlin, Germany, 2009-2011

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Suess, Thorsten ^a   Remschmidt, Cornelius ^a   Schink, Susanne B ^a   Schweiger, Brunhilde ^a   Nitsche, Andreas ^a   Schroeder, Kati ^a   Doellinger, Joerg ^a   Milde, Jeanette ^a   Haas, Walter ^a   Koehler, Irina ^a   Krause, Gérard ^a   Buchholz, Udo ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; STERILIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; 2010 H1N1 INFLUENZA; 2011 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAND HYGIENE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; HAND WASHING; MASK; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BERLIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856082609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-26     Document Type: Article

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