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VZV serological data from Belgium (Flanders) from 1999-2000 (aggregated)
Description
Age-specific seroprevalence of VZV antibodies, assessed in Flanders (Belgium) between October 1999 and April 2000. This population was stratified by age in order to obtain approximately 100 observations per age group.
Usage
vzv_be_1999_2000
Format
A data frame with 3 variables:
- age
Age group
- pos
Number of seropositive individuals
- tot
Total number of individuals surveyed
Source
Thiry, N., Beutels, P., Shkedy, Z. et al. The seroepidemiology of primary varicella-zoster virus infection in Flanders (Belgium). Eur J Pediatr 161, 588-593 (2002). doi:10.1007/s00431-002-1053-2
Examples
# Reproduce Fig 4.7 (left panel), p.71
age <- vzv_be_1999_2000$age
pos <- vzv_be_1999_2000$pos
tot <- vzv_be_1999_2000$tot
plot(age, pos / tot,
cex = 0.036 * tot, pch = 19, xlab = "age", ylab = "seroprevalence",
xlim = c(0, 45), ylim = c(0, 1)
)
[Package serosv version 1.1.0 Index]