Timely epidemic monitoring in the presence of reporting delays: anticipating the COVID-19 surge in New York City, September 2020

Abstract Background During a fast-moving epidemic, timely monitoring of case counts and other key indicators of disease spread is critical to an effective public policy response. Methods We describe a nonparametric statistical method, originally applied to the reporting of AIDS cases in the 1980s, t...

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Main Author: Jeffrey E. Harris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13286-7