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

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    Pavani K. Ram

    Kishoreganj, Bangladesh

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