TY - JOUR
T1 - Rotavirus diarrhoea in apache children
T2 - A case-control study
AU - Menon, Srikumar
AU - Santosham, Mathuram
AU - Reid, Raymond
AU - Almeido-hill, Jeanne
AU - Sack, R. Bradley
AU - Comstock, George W.
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This study was supported by contract NOl AI-02660 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
PY - 1990/9
Y1 - 1990/9
N2 - Menon S (Division of Geographic Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA), Santosham M, Reid R, Almeido-Hill J, Sack R B and Comstock G W. Rotavirus diarrhoea in Apache children. A case-control study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 1990, 19: 715-721.A case-control study of rotavirus diarrhoea in Apache children up to two years old was conducted at the White Mountain Apache reservation from 1 May through 15 December 1985 to identify risk factors for rotavirus diarrhoea. The mothers of fifty cases, forty-five hospital controls and twenty-five neighbourhood contols participated in this study. Exposure to other children with diarrhoea stood out as the single most important factor for acquiring rotavirus diarrhoea (Odds ratio = 14.0). Other significant risk factors were living in homes with septic tanks and in homes with 'poor environmental sanitation'. Minimizing contacts of children with diarrhoea therefore would be the most effective measure in preventing the spread of this disease in the community.
AB - Menon S (Division of Geographic Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA), Santosham M, Reid R, Almeido-Hill J, Sack R B and Comstock G W. Rotavirus diarrhoea in Apache children. A case-control study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 1990, 19: 715-721.A case-control study of rotavirus diarrhoea in Apache children up to two years old was conducted at the White Mountain Apache reservation from 1 May through 15 December 1985 to identify risk factors for rotavirus diarrhoea. The mothers of fifty cases, forty-five hospital controls and twenty-five neighbourhood contols participated in this study. Exposure to other children with diarrhoea stood out as the single most important factor for acquiring rotavirus diarrhoea (Odds ratio = 14.0). Other significant risk factors were living in homes with septic tanks and in homes with 'poor environmental sanitation'. Minimizing contacts of children with diarrhoea therefore would be the most effective measure in preventing the spread of this disease in the community.
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U2 - 10.1093/ije/19.3.715
DO - 10.1093/ije/19.3.715
M3 - Article
C2 - 2262270
AN - SCOPUS:0025197718
SN - 0300-5771
VL - 19
SP - 715
EP - 721
JO - International journal of epidemiology
JF - International journal of epidemiology
IS - 3
ER -