Preliminary findings of a randomized trial of non-pharmaceutical interventions to prevent influenza transmission in households

There are sparse data on whether non-pharmaceutical interventions can reduce the spread of influenza. We implemented a study of the feasibility and efficacy of face masks and hand hygiene to reduce influenza transmission among Hong Kong household members. We conducted a cluster randomized controlled...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2008-05, Vol.3 (5), p.e2101-e2101
Hauptverfasser:	Cowling, Benjamin J, Fung, Rita O P, Cheng, Calvin K Y, Fang, Vicky J, Chan, Kwok Hung, Seto, Wing Hong, Yung, Raymond, Chiu, Billy, Lee, Paco, Uyeki, Timothy M, Houck, Peter M, Peiris, J S Malik, Leung, Gabriel M
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Alcohol Animals Antigenic drift Antigens Avian flu Body Temperature Cell Line Child, Preschool Demography Diaries Disease control Disease prevention Disease transmission Dogs Education Family Characteristics Feasibility studies Hand Disinfection Health aspects Hong Kong - epidemiology Hospitals Households Humans Hygiene Illnesses Immunization Indexing Infections Infectious Diseases/Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases Infectious Diseases/Respiratory Infections Influenza Influenza A Influenza viruses Influenza, Human - epidemiology Influenza, Human - prevention & control Influenza, Human - transmission Intervention Kidney Laboratory culture Masks Masks - statistics & numerical data Medical diagnosis Medicine Nasal Mucosa - virology Nose Outpatients Pandemics Personal hygiene Pharmaceuticals Pharynx Prevention Public health Public Health and Epidemiology/Infectious Diseases Respiratory Medicine/Respiratory Infections Sample Size School effectiveness Severe acute respiratory syndrome Surgery Ultrasonic testing Vaccines Viral proteins Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:	There are sparse data on whether non-pharmaceutical interventions can reduce the spread of influenza. We implemented a study of the feasibility and efficacy of face masks and hand hygiene to reduce influenza transmission among Hong Kong household members. We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial of households (composed of at least 3 members) where an index subject presented with influenza-like-illness of
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0002101