Quantifying type-specific reproduction numbers for nosocomial pathogens: Evidence for heightened transmission of an Asian sequence type 239 MRSA clone

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Cooper, Ben S ^a,b   Kypraios, Theodore ^c   Batra, Rahul ^d   Wyncoll, Duncan ^e   Tosas, Olga ^d   Edgeworth, Jonathan D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLONING; DIAGNOSIS; PATHOGENS;

CONTROL MEASURES; HOSPITAL SETTINGS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSOCOMIAL PATHOGENS; PROBABILISTICS; REPRODUCTION NUMBERS; SCREENING DATA; SURVEILLANCE DATA; TIME VARYING;

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARAMETRIC TRANSMISSION MODEL; PREVALENCE; PROBABILISTIC EPIDEMIC TREE RECONSTRUCTION; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY INFECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; ASIA; CELL CLONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ASIA; CLONE CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84861161547     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002454     Document Type: Article

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