Preventable and non-preventable risk factors for influenza transmission and hygiene behavior in German influenza households, pandemic season (H1N1) 2009/2010

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 418-425

  Remschmidt, Cornelius ^a   Stöcker, Petra ^a   An der Heiden, Matthias ^a   Suess, Thorsten ^a   Luchtenberg, Monika ^a   Schink, Susanne B ^a   Schweiger, Brunhilde ^a   Haas, Walter ^a   Buchholz, Udo ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral risk factors; Household transmission; Hygiene behavior; Influenza; Pandemic influenza

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND WASHING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876458197     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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