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A method for reporting and classifying acute rospective study of Conclusions: The data reduction and categorization process developed by TEDDY enables analysis of single Lönnrot et al. BMC Pediatrics (2015) 15:24 DOI 10.1186/s12887-015-0333-82Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Seinäjoki, Finland Full list of author information is available at the end of the articleinfectious agents as well as larger arrays of infectious agents or clinical disease entities. The preliminary descriptive analyses of the incidence of infections among TEDDY participants younger than 4 years fits well with general knowledge of infectious disease epidemiology. This protocol can be used as a template in forthcoming time-dependent TEDDY analyses and in other epidemiological studies