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An analysis of resistance times to infection under treatment
Author(s) -
Kimber Hilary,
Crowder Martin
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
statistics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.996
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 1097-0258
pISSN - 0277-6715
DOI - 10.1002/sim.4780030209
Subject(s) - infectivity , whooping cough , infectious disease (medical specialty) , medicine , computer science , disease , intensive care medicine , statistics , virology , mathematics , vaccination , virus
A general model is proposed for the time taken by a subject to catch an infectious disease when there may be treatment intervention during the exposure time. Particular specifications are then made in order to apply the model to some recent data on the infectivity of whooping cough within the family.