Journal article
An augmented data method for the analysis of nosocomial infection data.
- Abstract:
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The analysis of nosocomial infection data for communicable pathogens is complicated by two facts. First, typical pathogens more commonly cause asymptomatic colonization than overt disease, so transmission can be only imperfectly observed through a sequence of surveillance swabs, which themselves have imperfect sensitivity. Any given set of swab results can therefore be consistent with many different patterns of transmission. Second, data are often highly dependent: the colonization status of ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- American journal of epidemiology
- Volume:
- 168
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 548-557
- Publication date:
- 2008-09-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1476-6256
- ISSN:
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0002-9262
- Source identifiers:
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223872
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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- pubs:223872
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- 2008
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