A model for intra-familial distribution of an infectious disease (Chaga's disease)
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
; 88(2): 231-3, abr.-jun. 1993.
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em En
| LILACS
| ID: lil-119482
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BR15.1
ABSTRACT
A probabilistic model for intra-familial distribution of infectous disease is proposed and applied to the prevalence of positive serology for Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Northeastern Brazilian sample. This double with one tail excess model fits satisfactorily to the data and its interpretation says that around 51% of these 982 families are free of infection risk; among those that are at risk, 3% have a high risk (0.66), probably due to high domestic infestation of the vector bug; while 97% show a small risk (0.11), probably due to accidental, non-domestic transmission
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
3_ND
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Doença de Chagas
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article