Under-detection of blood culture-positive enteric fever cases: The impact of missing data and methods for adjusting incidence estimates.

Under-detection of blood culture-positive enteric fever cases: The impact of missing data and methods for adjusting incidence estimates.

<h4>Background</h4>In surveillance for typhoid fever, under-detection of cases occurs when patients with fever do not seek medical care, or seek medical care but do not receive a blood test. Missing data may result in incorrect estimates of disease incidence.<h4>Methods</h4>W...

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Main Authors: Merryn Voysey, Dikshya Pant, Mila Shakya, Xinxue Liu, Rachel Colin-Jones, Katherine Theiss-Nyland, Nicola Smith, Shrijana Shrestha, Buddha Basnyat, Andrew J Pollard, Virginia E Pitzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007805

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007805

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