Comparative analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae transmission in Portuguese and Finnish day-care centres

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pessoa, Delphine ^a   Hoti, Fabian ^b,c   Syrjänen, Ritva ^b   Sá Leão, Raquel ^d   Kaijalainen, Tarja ^b   Gomes, M Gabriela M ^a,e   Auranen, Kari ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Carriage; Child; Data augmentation; Day care; Finland; Longitudinal studies; Pneumococcus; Portugal; Prevalence; Statistical models; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BAYES THEOREM; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84876169730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-180     Document Type: Article

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