An analysis of resistance times to infection under treatment.
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.
D002648:Child; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D011336:Probability; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission*
D004917:Erythromycin