Nowcasting by Bayesian Smoothing: A flexible, generalizable model for real-time epidemic tracking.

Achieving accurate, real-time estimates of disease activity is challenged by delays in case reporting. "Nowcast" approaches attempt to estimate the complete case counts for a given reporting date, using a time series of case reports that is known to be incomplete due to reporting delays. M...

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Main Authors: Sarah F McGough, Michael A Johansson, Marc Lipsitch, Nicolas A Menzies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-04-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007735