Open AccessAttack rate and household secondary attack rate of acute conjunctivitis during an outbreak in South India: A community-based survey
Author(s) -
Pruthu Thekkur,
Mahendra M Reddy,
Bijaya Nanda Naik,
L Subitha,
Sitanshu Sekhar Kar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.182934
Subject(s) - medicine , outbreak , allergic conjunctivitis , attack rate , epidemiology , socioeconomic status , environmental health , logistic regression , rural area , demography , confidence interval , veterinary medicine , asthma , population , immunology , pathology , sociology
Knowledge on epidemiology of the disease in the contemporary world will help to develop appropriate strategies to curtail the transmission during an outbreak. This study was carried out during an outbreak of conjunctivitis in selected areas of Puducherry, South India, to assess the attack rate of conjunctivitis, identify factors associated with developing conjunctivitis and calculate household secondary attack rate (HSAR) of conjunctivitis and its correlates.