宠物、异食癖、病原体与学龄前儿童。
Pets, pica, pathogens and pre-school children.
作者信息
Newton R W, Stack T, Blair R E, Keel J C
出版信息
J R Coll Gen Pract. 1981 Dec;31(233):740-2.
The incidence of pica in pre-school children was investigated by studying 192 children attending a general paediatric hospital clinic and 69 attending a general practice surgery. The incidence of pica was twice as common in those who kept pets in both study groups. Half of the pet-keeping children with pica had eaten their pet's food. Imitative behaviour is suggested as a probable cause. Pet-keeping compounds a child's risk of infestation not only by providing close contact with a reservoir of enteropathogens but also by encouraging pica.
通过对192名在综合儿科医院诊所就诊的儿童和69名在普通全科诊所就诊的儿童进行研究，调查了学龄前儿童异食癖的发病率。在两个研究组中，养宠物的儿童患异食癖的几率是其他儿童的两倍。有一半有异食癖的养宠物儿童曾吃过他们宠物的食物。模仿行为被认为是一个可能的原因。养宠物不仅通过使儿童与肠道病原体宿主密切接触，还通过助长异食癖，增加了儿童感染的风险。
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