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Challenges and accurate estimates of mortality and case-fatality rates due to COVID-19

Many reasons restrict obtaining an accurate estimate of Case Fatality Rate (CFR) and Mortality Rate (MR) by COVID-19. The main concern is the number of infected people and deaths. We aimed to discuss some solutions for accurate estimating of CFR and MR.

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Autores principales: Azizi, H., Esmaeili, E.D., Fakhari, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7543775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33052260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100775
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spelling pubmed-75437752020-10-09 Challenges and accurate estimates of mortality and case-fatality rates due to COVID-19 Azizi, H. Esmaeili, E.D. Fakhari, A. New Microbes New Infect Letter to the Editor Many reasons restrict obtaining an accurate estimate of Case Fatality Rate (CFR) and Mortality Rate (MR) by COVID-19. The main concern is the number of infected people and deaths. We aimed to discuss some solutions for accurate estimating of CFR and MR. Elsevier 2020-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7543775/ /pubmed/33052260 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100775 Text en © 2020 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Azizi, H.
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Fakhari, A.
Challenges and accurate estimates of mortality and case-fatality rates due to COVID-19
title Challenges and accurate estimates of mortality and case-fatality rates due to COVID-19
title_full Challenges and accurate estimates of mortality and case-fatality rates due to COVID-19
title_fullStr Challenges and accurate estimates of mortality and case-fatality rates due to COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed Challenges and accurate estimates of mortality and case-fatality rates due to COVID-19
title_short Challenges and accurate estimates of mortality and case-fatality rates due to COVID-19
title_sort challenges and accurate estimates of mortality and case-fatality rates due to covid-19
topic Letter to the Editor
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7543775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33052260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100775
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