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. 2004 Jun;48(6):2206–2213. doi: 10.1128/AAC.48.6.2206-2213.2004

TABLE 3.

Sensitivity analysis of the modela

Parameter Variable PRCC
(Duration of pneumococcal carriage)−1 λ −0.971
Contact rate between adults β33 0.885
Contact rate between adults and children aged 2-15 yr β23 0.866
a

Key factors that increase (partial rank correlation coefficient [PRCC] > 0) or decrease (PRCC < 0) the rate of pneumococcal colonization in a vaccinated population.