Household transmission of gastroenteritis.
Transmission of infectious gastroenteritis was studied in 936 predominately Hispanic households in northern California. Among 3,916 contacts of 1,099 primary case-patients, the secondary attack rate was 8.8% (95% confidence interval 7.9-9.7); children had a 2- to 8-fold greater risk than adults. Bed-sharing among children in crowded homes is a potentially modifiable risk.
Perry
Sharon
S
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA. shnperry@stanford.edu
de la Luz Sanchez
Maria
M
Hurst
Philip K
PK
Parsonnet
Julie
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005192:Family Health / Q000208:ethnology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors