Impact of intensive handwashing promotion on secondary household influenza-like illness in rural Bangladesh: Findings from a randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Ram, Pavani K ^a   DiVita, Margaret A ^a   Khatun e Jannat, Kaniz ^b   Islam, Manoshi ^b   Krytus, Kimberly ^a   Cercone, Emily ^a   Sohel, Badrul Munir ^b   Ahmed, Makhdum ^b   Rahman, Abid Mahmud Quaiyum ^b   Rahman, Mustafizur ^b   Yu, Jihnhee ^a   Brooks, W Abdullah ^b   Azziz Baumgartner, Eduardo ^b   Fry, Alicia M ^c   Luby, Stephen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENERAL PATHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SMEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY ATTACK RATIO; SECONDARY ATTACK RISK; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; HAND DISINFECTION; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; OROPHARYNX; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84935418851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125200     Document Type: Article

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