title: Transmission of infectious diseases in children.
abstract: A rational approach to the control of pediatric infectious diseases requires an appreciation of their epidemiology and mechanisms of transmission. The setting in which the exposure occurs may have a major influence on the risk of infection. Unfortunately, the epidemiology of many important pediatric pathogens is complex and incompletely understood. Recent advances in diagnostic microbiology and molecular epidemiology may help to solve some of the remaining riddles.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Goldmann
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D002648:Child; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000635:transmission; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000635:transmission; D012136:Respiratory Syncytial Viruses; D010253:Respirovirus Infections; D012229:Rhinovirus; D012307:Risk Factors; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000635:transmission; D012574:Schools; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000635:transmission; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology