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The impact of individual-level heterogeneity on estimated infectious disease burden: a simulation study

BACKGROUND: Disease burden is not evenly distributed within a population; this uneven distribution can be due to individual heterogeneity in progression rates between disease stages. Composite measures of disease burden that are based on disease progression models, such as the disability-adjusted li...

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Autores principales: McDonald, Scott A., Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Wallinga, Jacco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5146833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27931225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12963-016-0116-y