Status:
COMPLETED
Bangladesh Secondary Transmission Handwashing Protocol
Lead Sponsor:
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Collaborating Sponsors:
State University of New York at Buffalo
Conditions:
Human Influenza
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The next influenza pandemic is expected to spread rapidly in resource-poor settings. Influenza viruses spread from human-to-human via large respiratory droplets. Transmission via large-particle respir...
Detailed Description
BISTIS builds on hospital-based surveillance for Influenza virus infection, which is ongoing in hospitals around Bangladesh, as part of the Hospital-based Influenza Surveillance (HBIS) and Surveillanc...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Persons ≥ 5 years old: Influenza-like illness (ILI), defined as history of fever and either cough or sore throat with fever onset within the previous 24 hours
- Persons \< 5 years old: any child with acute fever with onset within the previous 24 hours
- Return to home within 24 hours of presentation to Upazilla Health Complex, Jahurul Islam Medical College Hospital or the local pharmacies; i.e., the index case cannot be admitted for treatment. If admitted, the patient would not be eligible.
- No fever in any bari resident during the 7 days preceding the patient's presentation to hospital (see definition below)
- At least two persons (in addition to the index case-patient) who intend to reside in the bari during the subsequent 20 days
- Residence within 30 minutes travel time (one-way) from the Upazilla Health Complex or Jahurul Islam Medical College Hospital or the local pharmacy.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
6600 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00880659
Start Date
June 1 2009
End Date
December 1 2010
Last Update
December 30 2010
Active Locations (1)
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Pavani K. Ram
Kishoreganj, Bangladesh