Parameters for the mathematical modelling of clostridium difficile acquisition and transmission: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Otete, Eroboghene H ^a   Ahankari, Anand S ^a   Jones, Helen ^a   Bolton, Kirsty J ^a,b   Jordan, Caroline W ^c   Boswell, Tim C ^d   Wilcox, Mark H ^e   Ferguson, Neil M ^f   Beck, Charles R ^a   Puleston, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NHS England Area Team Derbyshire   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTACT TRACING; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84893506501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084224     Document Type: Review

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