Risk factors and effectiveness of preventive measures against influenza in the community

Please cite this paper as: Castilla et al. (2013) Risk factors and effectiveness of preventive measures against influenza in the community. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 7(2) 177–183. Background  The role of different risk exposures and preventive measures against influenza has not been we...

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Veröffentlicht in:Influenza and other respiratory viruses 2013-03, Vol.7 (2), p.177-183
Hauptverfasser: Castilla, Jesús, Godoy, Pere, Domínguez, Ángela, Martín, Vicente, Delgado‐Rodríguez, Miguel, Martínez‐Baz, Iván, Baricot, Maretva, Soldevila, Nuria, Mayoral, José M., Astray, Jenaro, Quintana, José M., Cantón, Rafael, Castro, Ady, González‐Candelas, Fernando, Alonso, Jordi, Saez, Marc, Tamames, Sonia, Pumarola, Tomás
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Zusammenfassung:Please cite this paper as: Castilla et al. (2013) Risk factors and effectiveness of preventive measures against influenza in the community. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 7(2) 177–183. Background  The role of different risk exposures and preventive measures against influenza has not been well established. Objective  The aim of this study was to evaluate risk factors and measures to prevent influenza infection in the community. Methods  We conducted a multicenter case–control study. Cases were 481 outpatients aged 18 years or older with laboratory‐confirmed influenza A(H1N1)09 in the 2009–2010 season in Spain. A control was selected for each case from outpatients from the same area matched by age and date of consultation. Information on risk situations, preventive measures and other variables was obtained by interview and review of the medical record. Results  In the multivariate conditional logistic regression analysis, the risk of a diagnosis of influenza increased with the number of cohabitants (compared with
ISSN:1750-2640
1750-2659
DOI:10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00361.x