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Reduction in Acute Gastroenteritis among Military Trainees: Secondary Effects of a Hygiene-based Cluster-Randomized Trial for Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Michael J. D’Onofrio ,
Carey D. Schlett ,
Eugene V. Millar ,
Tianyuan Cui ,
Jeffrey B. Lanier ,
Natasha N. Law ,
David R. Tribble  and
Michael W. Ellis
Michael J. D’Onofrio
Affiliation:
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland
Carey D. Schlett
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland
Eugene V. Millar*
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland
Tianyuan Cui
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland
Jeffrey B. Lanier
Affiliation:
Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia
Natasha N. Law
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland
David R. Tribble
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland
Michael W. Ellis
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland.
*
Address correspondence to Eugene V. Millar, PhD, Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 11300 Rockville Pike, Suite 1211, Rockville, MD 20852 ([email protected]).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , March 2015 , pp. 358 - 360
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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