Cohort description: The Danish Blood Donor Staphylococcus aureus Carriage Study.
Lise Tornvig ErikstrupKhoa Manh DinhPaal Skytt AndersenRobert Leo SkovKathrine Agergård KaspersenKaspar René NielsenSvend Ellermann-EriksenChristian ErikstrupPublished in: Clinical epidemiology (2019)
We describe a large and growing cohort of healthy individuals established to investigate predictors for S. aureus carriage and the health consequences of carriage. Multiple projects using data from DBDSaCS linked with Danish health registers, biomarkers, and genetic markers are ongoing. Results will be published in the coming years.
Keyphrases
- staphylococcus aureus
- public health
- healthcare
- mental health
- health information
- randomized controlled trial
- health promotion
- genome wide
- quality improvement
- big data
- electronic health record
- human health
- machine learning
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- cystic fibrosis
- risk assessment
- dna methylation
- biofilm formation
- escherichia coli
- artificial intelligence
- meta analyses