Estimating incidence curves of several infections using symptom surveillance data.
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SUBMITTER: Goldstein E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3160845 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Estimating incidence curves of several infections using symptom surveillance data.
Goldstein Edward E Cowling Benjamin J BJ Aiello Allison E AE Takahashi Saki S King Gary G Lu Ying Y Lipsitch Marc M
PloS one 20110824 8
We introduce a method for estimating incidence curves of several co-circulating infectious pathogens, where each infection has its own probabilities of particular symptom profiles. Our deconvolution method utilizes weekly surveillance data on symptoms from a defined population as well as additional data on symptoms from a sample of virologically confirmed infectious episodes. We illustrate this method by numerical simulations and by using data from a survey conducted on the University of Michiga ...[more]
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