Estimating the prevalence of infectious diseases from under-reported age-dependent compulsorily notification databases

Estimating the prevalence of infectious diseases from under-reported age-dependent compulsorily notification databases

Abstract Background National or local laws, norms or regulations (sometimes and in some countries) require medical providers to report notifiable diseases to public health authorities. Reporting, however, is almost always incomplete. This is due to a variety of reasons, ranging from not recognizing...

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Main Authors: Marcos Amaku, Marcelo Nascimento Burattini, Eleazar Chaib, Francisco Antonio Bezerra Coutinho, David Greenhalgh, Luis Fernandez Lopez, Eduardo Massad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling
Subjects:
Hepatitis C
Mathematical models
Notifications system incidence
Prevalence
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12976-017-0069-2

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