Record linkage and capture-recapture estimates for underreporting of human leptospirosis in a Brazilian health district
Record linkage and capture-recapture models were used to estimate the number of cases of human leptospirosis in the health district of Santa Maria, RS in southern Brazil. Twelve months of laboratory, hospital and epidemiological surveillance data were matched by name, age, residence and the month of...
Main Authors: | Liane Brum, Emil Kupek |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000600011&lng=en&tlng=en |
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