Potential biases in estimating absolute and relative case-fatality risks during outbreaks
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Date Issued
2015-07-16
Date Acceptance
2015-07-01
Citation
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015, 9 (7)
ISSN
1935-2735
Publisher
Public Library of Science
Journal / Book Title
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Volume
9
Issue
7
Copyright Statement
© 2015 Lipsitch et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
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Sponsor
Wellcome Trust
National Institutes of Health
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Medical Research Council (MRC)
National Institute for Health Research
National Institutes of Health
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Grant Number
093488/Z/10/Z
5R01TW008246-04
MR/J008761/1
MR/K010174/1B
HPRU-2012-10080
1U01GM110721-01
1006576.01
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Infectious Diseases
Parasitology
Tropical Medicine
ACUTE-RESPIRATORY-SYNDROME
H5N1 INFLUENZA INFECTIONS
EBOLA-VIRUS DISEASE
ANTIVIRAL EFFECTIVENESS
HUMANS METAANALYSIS
WEST-AFRICA
HONG-KONG
SEVERITY
A/H1N1
EPIDEMIC
Bias (Epidemiology)
Communicable Diseases
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Risk Factors
06 Biological Sciences
11 Medical And Health Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
e0003846