THE PREVENTION OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS WITHIN FAMILIES
Authors: J H DINGLE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 September 1955THE PREVENTION OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS WITHIN FAMILIESJOHN H. DINGLE, M.D.JOHN H. DINGLE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-3-518 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFour general principles provide the theoretic basis for the prevention and control of any infectious disease, namely: (1) to eradicate the causative agent, (2) to destroy the reservoir of infection, (3) to break the chain of transmission, and (4) to increase the resistance of the human host. These principles have varying degrees of application and of effectiveness. Eradication of the causative agent may theoretically be an ideal procedure, yet it is not generally feasible. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cleveland, Ohio*From the Symposium on Preventive Medicine, presented at the Thirty-sixth Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 29, 1955.From the Departments of Preventive Medicine and Medicine, School of Medicine, Western Reserve University, and University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio.†Certain of the data included in this paper were derived from studies conducted under the sponsorship of the Commission on Acute Respiratory Diseases, Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, and supported in part by the Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, and by grants from the Brush Foundation, the Robert Hamilton Bishop, Jr. Endowment Fund, Mr. Philip R. Mather, and the Republic Steel Corporation. 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