household contact

Numerous studies indicate that the virus does not spread through casual social or household contact.

Household contacts and sexual partners in monogamous relationships are rarely affected.

In particular, the health status of household contacts or persons who provided care to symptomatic patients should be assessed.

Household contacts and caregivers of anyone who is at high risk for complications of the flu.

Much of the spread among household contacts was traced to direct contact with blood, vomitus or stool.

If someone becomes ill with the A or C strain, household contacts of the patient should be offered this vaccine.

We monitor all his household contacts, outgoing calls--he doesn't even access the net!

Health care workers and household contacts of patients with avian influenza may also be at an increased risk of the bird flu.

This includes household contacts and babysitters.

In February 1994, all other close household contacts of the child tested HIV-antibody negative.

In household contacts of any unvaccinated child infected with H. influenzae, rifampicin is used as prophylaxis.

It is important to realize that the very close contact required for transmission of vaccinia to household contacts is unlikely to occur in the healthcare setting.

Researchers have ruled out sweat and saliva as agents of transmission, he added, and "in the millions of household contacts, there has been no transmission."

Most cases involve hospital workers or individuals who have had close household contact with someone who is infected, and many are recovering after nursing care but without specific drug treatment.

Health-care providers should ensure that household contacts of international adoptees are vaccinated adequately, particularly for measles, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B.

Health care workers, public safety workers, household contacts, and sexual partners of persons with chronic hepatitis B should also receive the hepatitis B vaccine.

The seroprevalence of H7 antibodies in people without contact with infected poultry, but with close household contact to an infected poultry worker, was 59%.

Vaccinations are also urged for health care workers; all children 6 months to 23 months; and family members and other household contacts of people at risk for complications.

Next priority should be given to vaccinating those persons at greatest risk for transmission of disease to persons at high risk, including household contacts and health-care workers.

Other potential sources of HCV infection in older children include injection-drug use, body piercing, tattoos, unintentional needlestick injury, household contact, and sexual exposure (701,702).

This raises a suggestion to treat household contacts and close contacts if recurrence persists, because it is likely that one or more contacts are asymptomatic carriers of S. aureus.

Dr. Gerberding said nearly all of the new probable cases involved people who traveled to affected countries, with the exception of one health care worker and one person infected through household contact.

In this country, only a small number of suspected or probable cases of SARS have been detected among exposed healthcare personnel and household contacts of SARS patients.

As mortality is also high among infants who contract influenza, the household contacts and caregivers of infants should be vaccinated to reduce the risk of passing an influenza infection to the infant.

It may also be done on the sexual partners and household contacts of people known to be infected with hepatitis B or people with other known exposures (needle sticks or blood exposures).