TESTS TO DETECT CLUSTERING OF INFECTED INDIVIDUALS WITHIN FAMILIES

Authors
BRITTON T
Citation
T. Britton, TESTS TO DETECT CLUSTERING OF INFECTED INDIVIDUALS WITHIN FAMILIES, Biometrics, 53(1), 1997, pp. 98-109
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Statistic & Probability","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
Biometrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006341X
Volume
53
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
98 - 109
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-341X(1997)53:1<98:TTDCOI>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A new simple test to detect within-family clustering of infected indiv iduals is proposed. The test is derived as the score test for several different parametric models designed to allow an increased within-fami ly infectivity. The new test is compared with other tests proposed to detect the same type of clustering caused by increased within-family i nfectivity. Applications of household disease data and simulations are used to illustrate the theory.