Analysis of an acute respiratory infection outbreak caused by adenovirus
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2015.04.025
- VernacularTitle:一起腺病毒引起的急性呼吸道感染暴发调查分析
- Author:
Han ZHAO
;
Qin LI
;
Jiang LONG
;
Yu XIA
;
Kun SU
;
Hua LING
;
Yan FENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
adenovirus;
acute respiratory infection;
outbreak
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2015;(4):506-508
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To analyze the investigation results of an acute respiratory infection outbreak caused by adenovirus and provide scientific information for the prevention and control of congener public health emergencies .Methods A case‐control study was performed with grades and gender as matching factor ,all cases and selected controls were investigated with the same question‐naire .Results A totul of 47 cases were diagnosed in the outbreak ,no death ,the attack rate was 8 .88% ;the main clinical symptom was fever and 27 .7% of the cases became pneumonia .The case‐control study analysis demonstrated that with close contact to cases or not(χ2 =7 .96 ,P<0 .05) ,contact time (χ2 =7 .95 ,P<0 .05) ,hand washing habits (χ2 =25 .92 ,P<0 .05) and with or without the habit of cleaning snivel by hand directly (χ2 =22 .78 ,P<0 .05) were statistically different between cases and controls .Conclu‐sion long‐time contact to cases maybe the main risk factor for the adenovirus infection ,especially the contact manner were sharing the same desk or playing together .A good health habit of washing hands often and no cleaning snivel by hand directly were impor‐tant protective factors .Thus ,strengthening the training of health habit and awareness is the important preventive measure for re‐spiratory infectious diseases .
