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A case-control study of the transmission of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus in families

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi. 2011 Jul;34(7):509-14.
[A case-control study of the transmission of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus in families].
[Article in Chinese]
Liu WT, Pang XH, Deng Y, Yang P, Li XY, Zhang Y, Duan W, Wang XL, Wang QY.
Source

Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:

To explore the characteristics of transmission of pandemic influenza A/H1N1, and to analyze the possible factors of influencing transmission in families and to provide scientific evidence for formulating strategies of H1N1 prevention and control.
METHODS:

A 1:2 matched case-control study was conducted. The case was defined as a household with 2 or more cases and the control was defined as that with 1 case. Face-to-face interview with questionnaire was used to collect information of work and family life of the study participants. Conditional logistic regression was used to analyze the data.
RESULTS:

Univariate analysis showed that factors such as education level of the secondary case, the number of family members, per capita living space, flu-like symptom, insulation of case, ventilation, hand-washing, and influenza A/H1N1 vaccine immunization were all associated with infection of influenza A/H1N1. Results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that variables such as education level of secondary case (OR = 0.42), insulation of case (OR = 3.29), ventilation, (OR = 0.28), hand-washing (OR = 0.71), influenza A/H1N1 vaccine immunization (OR = 0.05) were all correlated to infection of influenza A/H1N1.
CONCLUSIONS:

Factors such as vaccine, insulation, ventilation, and hand-washing can help persons in protection from infection of influenza A/H1N1, suggesting the importance of good hygienic habit and immunization with influenza A/H1N1 vaccine.

PMID:
22041776
[PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22041776
 
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