Using the two-source capture-recapture method to estimate the incidence of acute flaccid paralysis in Victoria, Australia

Using the two-source capture-recapture method to estimate the incidence of acute flaccid paralysis in Victoria, Australia

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence and the completeness of ascertainment of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in Victoria, Australia, in 1998-2000 and to determine its common causes among children aged under 15 years. METHODS:: The two-source capture-recapture method was used to estimate the incidence...

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Main Authors: Whitfield Kathryn, Kelly Heath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2002-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Paralysis/diagnosis
Paralysis/epidemiology
Muscle hypotonia/diagnosis
Muscle hypotonia/epidemiology
Incidence
Epidemiologic surveillance/methods
Epidemiologic methods
Australia
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862002001100003

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