Infective Hepatitis in a Boarding-School

Management and control of communicable diseases in schools and other child care settings: systematic review on the incubation period and period of infectiousness

“…Because of the laboratory value in the incubation period definition, asymptomatic cases were also included in the study. In Brodribb, the incubation period was defined as the time between exposure to the first case and onset of clinical symptoms (if any) in the wave of secondary cases [ 30 ] and the estimated period was 20–32 days. No data were available in the peer-reviewed articles on infectiousness and shedding periods.…”

“…When the incubation period was not available for diseases, serial intervals were retrieved [ 28 , 38 ]. For highly infectious diseases such as measles or diseases with asymptomatic onset such as hepatitis A in settings with frequent contact between subjects, serial interval is likely to be a good approximation for the incubation period [ 30 ].…”

Characteristics of Spread of Infectious Hepatitis in Schools and Households in an Epidemic in a Rural Area1

“…This pattern of'occurrence of subsequent cases in families was considered to be evidence forintrafamilial spread of the disease. Support for such a view is gained from a study of an epidemic of infectious hepatitis among young boys in a boarding school by Brodribb (1). In this outbreak, following introduction of a case infected during a holiday, a similar pattern of waves of high case incidence corresponding to the incubation period of the disease was seen.…”

A Coxsackie B5 Epidemic in a oarding School

“…Group B type 5 was especially prevalent in 1960, and was responsible for three outbreaks in schools. Boarding schools provide good opportunities for the study of symptoms and epidemiology (Brodribb 1952 and 1963), and a small outbreak due to Coxsackie Group B type 5 is now described.…”