Impact of Intensive Handwashing Promotion on Secondary Household Influenza-Like Illness in Rural Bangladesh: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Pavani K. Ram; Margaret A. DiVita; Kaniz Khatun-e-Jannat; Manoshi Islam; Kimberly Krytus; Emily Cercone; Badrul Munir Sohel; Makhdum Ahmed; Abid Mahmud Quaiyum Rahman; Mustafizur Rahman; Jihnhee Yu; W. Abdullah Brooks; Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner; Alicia M. Fry; Stephen P. Luby

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125200

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Impact of Intensive Handwashing Promotion on Secondary Household Influenza-Like Illness in Rural Bangladesh: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Pavani K. Ram ,

* E-mail: pkram@buffalo.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
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Margaret A. DiVita,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
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Kaniz Khatun-e-Jannat,

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Manoshi Islam,

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Kimberly Krytus,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
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Emily Cercone,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
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Badrul Munir Sohel,

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Makhdum Ahmed,

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Abid Mahmud Quaiyum Rahman,

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Mustafizur Rahman,

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Jihnhee Yu,

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
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W. Abdullah Brooks,

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner,

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Alicia M. Fry,

Affiliation Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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Stephen P. Luby

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Impact of Intensive Handwashing Promotion on Secondary Household Influenza-Like Illness in Rural Bangladesh: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Pavani K. Ram,
Margaret A. DiVita,
Kaniz Khatun-e-Jannat,
Manoshi Islam,
Kimberly Krytus,
Emily Cercone,
Badrul Munir Sohel,
Makhdum Ahmed,
Abid Mahmud Quaiyum Rahman,
Mustafizur Rahman

Published: June 11, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125200

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