Hygiene habits and carriers in families with a child who has had typhoid fever

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Autor(a) principal: Alvarez,M. de la Luz
Data de Publicação: 1992
Outros Autores: Wurgaft,Fanny, Espinoza,Julio, Araya,Magdalena, Figueroa,Guillermo
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101992000200003
Resumo: The relationship between asymptomatic shedding of bacterial enteropathogens and the hygiene habits of families who have had a child with typhoid fever (TF) are investigated. The sample was made up of 80 families: 40 families in which one child had had TF (Group A) and 40 in which no children or either of the parents had had a history of TF (Group B). In each group 20 families belonged to a low socieconomic status (SES) and 20 to a high SES. A structured interview was used to evaluate the SES and the hygiene habits of the child; observations were made to measure the hygiene habits of the family (toilet, kitchen and food preparation) and bacteriological studies (fecal samples and hand markers). Results show that carriers were more frequent in Group A than in Group B. The bacterial species found were significantly more numerous in Group A than in Group B (fecal samples: E. coli, the classic serotypes, Shigella ssp, and hand markers: E. coli). Families of Group A had higher carriage rates than those of Group B. Finally there exists a significantly higher association between inadequate hygiene habits and carrier families. These results show the need to teach specific habits of proper hygiene to the entire population, because the fact of belonging to the high SES does not in itself preclude inadequate hygiene habits.
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spelling Hygiene habits and carriers in families with a child who has had typhoid feverTyphoid/epidemiologyCarrier stateFamilyHygieneThe relationship between asymptomatic shedding of bacterial enteropathogens and the hygiene habits of families who have had a child with typhoid fever (TF) are investigated. The sample was made up of 80 families: 40 families in which one child had had TF (Group A) and 40 in which no children or either of the parents had had a history of TF (Group B). In each group 20 families belonged to a low socieconomic status (SES) and 20 to a high SES. A structured interview was used to evaluate the SES and the hygiene habits of the child; observations were made to measure the hygiene habits of the family (toilet, kitchen and food preparation) and bacteriological studies (fecal samples and hand markers). Results show that carriers were more frequent in Group A than in Group B. The bacterial species found were significantly more numerous in Group A than in Group B (fecal samples: E. coli, the classic serotypes, Shigella ssp, and hand markers: E. coli). Families of Group A had higher carriage rates than those of Group B. Finally there exists a significantly higher association between inadequate hygiene habits and carrier families. These results show the need to teach specific habits of proper hygiene to the entire population, because the fact of belonging to the high SES does not in itself preclude inadequate hygiene habits.Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo1992-04-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101992000200003Revista de Saúde Pública v.26 n.2 1992reponame:Revista de Saúde Públicainstname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USP10.1590/S0034-89101992000200003info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAlvarez,M. de la LuzWurgaft,FannyEspinoza,JulioAraya,MagdalenaFigueroa,Guillermoeng2003-10-16T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0034-89101992000200003Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0034-8910&lng=pt&nrm=isoONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phprevsp@org.usp.br||revsp1@usp.br1518-87870034-8910opendoar:2003-10-16T00:00Revista de Saúde Pública - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Hygiene habits and carriers in families with a child who has had typhoid fever
title Hygiene habits and carriers in families with a child who has had typhoid fever
spellingShingle Hygiene habits and carriers in families with a child who has had typhoid fever
Alvarez,M. de la Luz
Typhoid/epidemiology
Carrier state
Family
Hygiene
title_short Hygiene habits and carriers in families with a child who has had typhoid fever
title_full Hygiene habits and carriers in families with a child who has had typhoid fever
title_fullStr Hygiene habits and carriers in families with a child who has had typhoid fever
title_full_unstemmed Hygiene habits and carriers in families with a child who has had typhoid fever
title_sort Hygiene habits and carriers in families with a child who has had typhoid fever
author Alvarez,M. de la Luz
author_facet Alvarez,M. de la Luz
Wurgaft,Fanny
Espinoza,Julio
Araya,Magdalena
Figueroa,Guillermo
author_role author
author2 Wurgaft,Fanny
Espinoza,Julio
Araya,Magdalena
Figueroa,Guillermo
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Alvarez,M. de la Luz
Wurgaft,Fanny
Espinoza,Julio
Araya,Magdalena
Figueroa,Guillermo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Typhoid/epidemiology
Carrier state
Family
Hygiene
topic Typhoid/epidemiology
Carrier state
Family
Hygiene
description The relationship between asymptomatic shedding of bacterial enteropathogens and the hygiene habits of families who have had a child with typhoid fever (TF) are investigated. The sample was made up of 80 families: 40 families in which one child had had TF (Group A) and 40 in which no children or either of the parents had had a history of TF (Group B). In each group 20 families belonged to a low socieconomic status (SES) and 20 to a high SES. A structured interview was used to evaluate the SES and the hygiene habits of the child; observations were made to measure the hygiene habits of the family (toilet, kitchen and food preparation) and bacteriological studies (fecal samples and hand markers). Results show that carriers were more frequent in Group A than in Group B. The bacterial species found were significantly more numerous in Group A than in Group B (fecal samples: E. coli, the classic serotypes, Shigella ssp, and hand markers: E. coli). Families of Group A had higher carriage rates than those of Group B. Finally there exists a significantly higher association between inadequate hygiene habits and carrier families. These results show the need to teach specific habits of proper hygiene to the entire population, because the fact of belonging to the high SES does not in itself preclude inadequate hygiene habits.
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