Effects of Hand Hygiene Campaigns on Incidence of Laboratory-confirmed Influenza and Absenteeism in Schoolchildren, Cairo, Egypt

To evaluate the effectiveness of an intensive hand hygiene campaign on reducing absenteeism caused by influenza-like illness (ILI), diarrhea, conjunctivitis, and laboratory-confirmed influenza, we conducted a randomized control trial in 60 elementary schools in Cairo, Egypt. Children in the interven...

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Autores principales: Talaat, Maha, Afifi, Salma, Dueger, Erica, El-Ashry, Nagwa, Marfin, Anthony, Kandeel, Amr, Mohareb, Emad, El-Sayed, Nasr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3377412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21470450
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1704.101353

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3377412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21470450
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1704.101353

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