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Increased hand washing reduces influenza virus surface contamination in Bangkok households, 2009-2010

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Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2014 Jan;8(1):13-6. doi: 10.1111/irv.12204. Epub 2013 Nov 7.
Increased hand washing reduces influenza virus surface contamination in Bangkok households, 2009-2010.
Levy JW, Suntarattiwong P, Simmerman JM, Jarman RG, Johnson K, Olsen SJ, Chotpitayasunondh T.
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Abstract

Within a hand-washing clinical trial, we evaluated factors associated with fomite contamination in households with an influenza-infected child. Influenza virus RNA contamination was higher in households with low absolute humidity and in control households, suggesting that hand washing reduces surface contamination.

? 2013 The Authors. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
KEYWORDS:

Human, Thailand, influenza, transmission

PMID:
24373290
[PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24373290
 
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