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Fig. 1 | Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

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From: Identifying conditions for elimination and epidemic potential of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in nursing homes

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Model diagrams. Compartmental models which describe transmission dynamics of MRSA in nursing homes. The rectangles represent cohorts of residents; the arrows represent inflow to and outflow from each compartment due to disease transmission, clearance, admission or discharge, including death. a Co-colonization model (model parameters are described in Table 1), S is the cohort of residents susceptible to any MRSA; I 1 is the cohort of residents colonized with non-USA300 and susceptible to USA300; I 3 is the cohort of residents colonized with USA300 and susceptible to non-USA300; I b is the cohort of residents colonized with both MRSA strains; b Model for colonization with a single MRSA strain-type, either non-USA300 or USA300 MRSA, where λ*, γI*, b *n , g n* , and I* represent the corresponding parameters specific to each single strain model, non-USA300 or USA300

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