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Estimating the extent of household contact misclassification with index cases of disease in longitudinal studies using a stochastic simulation model

BACKGROUND: Household contact with an index case of an infectious disease is a known risk factor for infection transmission. However, such contact may be underestimated due to the dynamic nature of households, particularly in longitudinal studies. Such studies generally begin with contact defined at...

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Autores principales: Chirwa, Tobias, Floyd, Sian, Fine, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3556686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23364077
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v6i0.19614