Potential biases in estimating absolute and relative case-fatality risks during outbreaks

Title:	Potential biases in estimating absolute and relative case-fatality risks during outbreaks
Authors:	Lipsitch, M Donnelly, CA Fraser, C Blake, IM Cori, A Dorigatti, I Ferguson, NM Garske, T Mills, HL Riley, S Van Kerkhove, MD Hernan, MA
Item Type:	Journal Article
Issue Date:	16-Jul-2015
Date of Acceptance:	1-Jul-2015
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/31423
DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003846
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
Sponsor/Funder:	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
Funder's Grant Number:	093488/Z/10/Z 5R01TW008246-04 MR/J008761/1 MR/K010174/1B HPRU-2012-10080 1U01GM110721-01 1006576.01
Keywords:	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
Appears in Collections:	School of Public Health