ArticleEpidemiology and infection2015
Risk factors for gastroenteritis in child day care.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Early Detection and Monitoring of Gastrointestinal Infections Using Syndromic Surveillance: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Community-based surveillance of norovirus disease: a systematic review.BMC infectious diseases · 2017Pooled it
- Syndromic surveillance systems to detect outbreaks of gastroenteritis in high-income countries: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2026Article
- A scoping review of modifiable and behavioural drivers of infectious gastroenteritis among children in high-income countries.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Article
- Associations of dietary patterns with common infections and antibiotic use among Finnish preschoolers.Food & nutrition research · 2023Article
- Childcare and School Acute Gastroenteritis Outbreaks: 2009-2020.Pediatrics · 2022Article
- Which Meso-Level Characteristics of Early Childhood Education and Care Centers Are Associated with Health, Health Behavior, and Well-Being of Young Children? Findings of a Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- A norovirus gastroenteritis outbreak in an Australian child-care center: A household-level analysis.PloS one · 2021Article
- Probiotics in Children: What Is the Evidence?Pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition · 2017Review
- Risk Factors for Norovirus Gastroenteritis among Nicaraguan Children.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017Article
- Different risk factors for infection with Giardia lamblia assemblages A and B in children attending day-care centres.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2016Article
- Potential causative agents of acute gastroenteritis in households with preschool children: prevalence, risk factors, clinical relevance and household transmission.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2016Article
- Characteristics of child daycare centres associated with clustering of major enteropathogens.Epidemiology and infection · 2016Article
- Genotyping of Giardia duodenalis isolates in asymptomatic children attending daycare centre: evidence of high risk for anthroponotic transmission.Epidemiology and infection · 2016Article
- Societal Burden and Correlates of Acute Gastroenteritis in Families with Preschool Children.Scientific reports · 2016Article
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Abstract
The child day-care centre (DCC) is often considered as one risk factor for gastroenteritis (GE) rather than a complex setting in which the interplay of many factors may influence the epidemiology of GE. This study aimed to identify DCC-level risk factors for GE and major enteropathogen occurrence. A dynamic network of 100 and 43 DCCs participated in a syndromic and microbiological surveillance during 2010-2013. The weekly incidence of GE events and weekly prevalence of five major enteropathogens (rotavirus, norovirus, astrovirus, Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium hominis/parvum) were modelled per DCC using mixed-effects negative binomial/Poisson regression models. Sixteen hundred children were surveyed up to 3 years, during which 1829 GE episodes were reported and 5197 faecal samples were analysed. Identified risk factors were: large DCC capacity, crowding, having animals, nappy changing areas, sandpits, paddling pools, cleaning potties in normal sinks, cleaning vomit with paper towels (but without cleaner), mixing of staff between child groups, and staff members with multiple daily duties. Protective factors were: disinfecting fomites with chlorine, cleaning vomit with paper towels (and cleaner), daily cleaning of bed linen/toys, cohorting and exclusion policies for ill children and staff. Targeting these factors may reduce the burden of DCC-related GE.
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