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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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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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author | Azizi, H. Esmaeili, E.D. Fakhari, A. |
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description | 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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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/). |
spellingShingle | Letter to the Editor Azizi, H. Esmaeili, E.D. 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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