Under-reporting and case fatality estimates for emerging epidemics

Using the example of Ebola, this article highlights the problems of using population level data to estimate case fatality rates in epidemics

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Autores principales: Atkins, Katherine E, Wenzel, Natasha S, Ndeffo-Mbah, Martial, Altice, Frederick L, Townsend, Jeffrey P, Galvani, Alison P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 2015
Materias:
Research Methods & Reporting
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4707560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25779635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h1115
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author Atkins, Katherine E
Wenzel, Natasha S
Ndeffo-Mbah, Martial
Altice, Frederick L
Townsend, Jeffrey P
Galvani, Alison P
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spelling pubmed-47075602016-01-13 Under-reporting and case fatality estimates for emerging epidemics Atkins, Katherine E Wenzel, Natasha S Ndeffo-Mbah, Martial Altice, Frederick L Townsend, Jeffrey P Galvani, Alison P BMJ Research Methods & Reporting Using the example of Ebola, this article highlights the problems of using population level data to estimate case fatality rates in epidemics BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 2015-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4707560/ /pubmed/25779635 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h1115 Text en © BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2015
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Under-reporting and case fatality estimates for emerging epidemics
title Under-reporting and case fatality estimates for emerging epidemics
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title_short Under-reporting and case fatality estimates for emerging epidemics
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4707560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25779635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h1115
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