TY - JOUR AU - Perry, Sharon AU - Sanchez, Maria de la Luz AU - Hurst, Philip AU - Parsonnet, Julie T1 - Household Transmission of Gastroenteritis T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2005 VL - 11 IS - 7 SP - 1093 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Transmission of infectious gastroenteritis was studied in 936 predominately Hispanic households in northern California. Among 3,916 contacts of 1,099 primary case-patients, the secondary attack rate was 8.8% (95% confidence interval 7.9–9.7); children had a 2- to 8-fold greater risk than adults. Bed-sharing among children in crowded homes is a potentially modifiable risk. KW - Keywords: acute gastroenteritis KW - infectious diarrhea KW - household transmission KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1107.040889 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/7/04-0889_article ER - End of Reference