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Table 1 The number of participants in the three day care cohorts.

From: Clustering of serotypes in a longitudinal study of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage in three day care centres

Status (Mean age, years)

Number of participants

 

Tommila (20 families)

Kuusimäki (13 families)

Salorinne (12 families)

Total

Index children (4.2)

25

17

17

59

Siblings (8.2)

12

8

11

31

Adult family members (35.5)

40

22

24

86

Day care employees (38.5)

11

18

8

37

Total

88

65

60

213

  1. The participants are categorised as index children (i.e, day care attendees), siblings under 18 years of age, adult family members (all > 18 years of age, mostly parents) and day care employees. The age was determined at the enrolment
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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