Taking into account a loss of 20% due to closed households and refusals, 2,150, 700 and 3,900 households were selected to interview adolescents, adults, and older people, respectively.
Our findings indicate a high prevalence of pneumococcal carriage among the population analyzed and reinforce previous observations indicating that asymptomatic colonization by these microorganisms is common among children, particularly in closed communities and household contacts.
This is a role fully sanctioned in Muslim life, as the wife is often the de facto head of household behind closed doors.
Unlike the usual distribution, fairs are closed markets where each household can use coupons worth US$75 to buy what they identify as their own needs.
They are effectively invisible, isolated behind the closed doors of private households.
Still, some main roads and many school districts remained closed and about 10,000 households were without power, down from a peak of 123,000.
Over decades, households and closed communities have proved to be useful (1– 4) for generating knowledge of the communicability of various infections.
Closed environments like jails or family households see some of the more violent processes, like assault.
Therefore, closed environments, such as schools, households, and workplaces yield conditions conducive to transmission [ 5– 10].
