Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Infections in day care

M J Ferson1

  • 1Public Health Unit, Eastern Sydney Area Health Service, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.

Current Opinion in Pediatrics
|February 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Preschool children in daycare experience more illnesses due to close contact and hygiene factors. This increases risks for children, daycare staff, and community-wide infection spread.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Participant centred safety surveillance of health care workers receiving influenza vaccination.

Vaccine·2019
Same author

Estimating the critical immunity threshold for preventing hepatitis A outbreaks in men who have sex with men.

Epidemiology and infection·2015
Same author

Public health physicians: here to help.

Internal medicine journal·2011
Same author

Transmission of hepatitis C virus to recipients of parenteral vitamin therapy in a primary care facility.

Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology·2011
Same author

Designated "no smoking" areas provide from partial to no protection from environmental tobacco smoke.

Tobacco control·2004
Same author

Books as carriers of disease.

The Medical journal of Australia·2002

Area of Science:

  • Pediatrics
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Daycare attendance for preschoolers has surged.
  • Factors like crowding and hygiene facilitate rapid infection spread in childcare settings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the increased risk of infections in children attending daycare.
  • To assess the risks for daycare staff and the broader community.

Main Methods:

  • Observational analysis of illness patterns in daycare attendees versus non-attendees.
  • Review of specific infection risks associated with daycare settings.

Main Results:

  • Daycare attendees have higher rates of respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses.
  • Increased risk for specific infections like Haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis A.
  • Daycare staff face elevated risks for infections, including those with fetal implications (e.g., cytomegalovirus, parvovirus B19).

Conclusions:

  • Daycare attendance significantly elevates infection risks for children.
  • Staff and family members are also at increased risk.
  • Daycare settings can amplify community-wide infection transmission.

Related Experiment Videos