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SERIES C
 Applied Statistics
Estimation of the basic reproduction number of infectious
diseases from age-stratified serological survey data, by C.
P. Farrington, M. N. Kanaan and N. J. Gay
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C, Applied
Statistics, Volume 50 (2001) part 3, pages 251 - 292
There are five data files, all saved as tab delimited flat files.
Table1.txt contains the data in Table 1 of the paper. Table4.txt contains
the data in Table 4 of the paper. Table6.txt contains the data in Table
6 of the paper.
For details of these datasets see the paper. In all three datasets
age is in completed years; in our analyses we added 0.5 to obtain the
age group midpoints.
For convenience we have also included the hepatitis A and Haemophilus
influenzae type b datasets, both of which have appeared elsewhere. The
hepatitis data were published in Keiding N. (1991). Age-specific incidence
and prevalence: a statistical perspective. J. Royal Statist. Soc. A,
154, 371-412. The Hib data were compiled and published in Coen P.G.,
Heath P.T., Barbour M.L., and Garnett G.P. (1998). Mathematical models
of Haemophilus influenzae type b. Epidemiol. Inf. 120, 281-295.
Hepa.txt contains the hapatitis A data. Col 1 is age (in completed
years), col 2 is number seropositive, col 3 is total tested.
Hib.txt contains the Haemophilus influenzae type b data. Col 1 is age
(average of the group), col 2 is number of carriers, col 3 is number
tested.
C. P. Farrington
Department of Statistics
Faculty of Mathematics and Computing
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA UK
E-mail: c.p.farrington.open.ac.uk
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