A statistical model of transmission of Hib bacteria in a family

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2235-2252

  Auranen, Kari ^a   Ranta, Jukka ^a   Takala, Aino K ^b   Arjas, Elja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; RECURRENT INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BAYES THEOREM; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FAMILY HEALTH; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029831257     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19961030)15:20<2235::AID-SIM354>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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