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SUBMITTER: Wu SL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7481226 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20200909 1
Accurate estimates of the burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection are critical to informing pandemic response. Confirmed COVID-19 case counts in the U.S. do not capture the total burden of the pandemic because testing has been primarily restricted to individuals with moderate to severe symptoms due to limited test availability. Here, we use a semi-Bayesian probabilistic bias analysis to account for incomplete testing and imperfect diagnostic accuracy. We estimate 6,454,951 cumulative infections compared ...[more]