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Fig. 1 | Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

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From: Routes of transmission of VIM-positive Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the adult intensive care unit-analysis of 9 years of surveillance at a university hospital using a mathematical model

Fig. 1

Illustration of the considered transmission routes and the basic transmission model. Patients are assumed to be either susceptible (S) or colonized (I) with VIM-PA. The rate at which susceptible patients may become colonized is represented by the force of infection and dependent on the routes of transmission. Two transmission routes are distinguished: Environmental route (green), mainly caused by transmissions from persistent environmental sources and cross-transmission (orange), i.e., transmissions from other colonized patients. In both routes, HCWs represent vectors of transmission

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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

ISSN: 2047-2994

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