Microorganism
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Parameters
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Dose-response model
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References
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Escherichia coli
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β = 2.473, α = 0.395
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P (inf) = 1 – (1 + N/β)-α
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[16, 56]
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n = 52
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P(n) = 1 – (1 – Pinf) n
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[16]
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- Key: P (inf) Probability of infection; P(n) annual probability of infection; N dosage (number of microbes ingested); n sum of exposures that occurred