Under-reporting and case fatality estimates for emerging epidemics

Katherine E Atkins; Natasha S Wenzel; Martial Ndeffo-Mbah; Frederick L Altice; Jeffrey P Townsend; Alison P Galvani

doi:10.1136/bmj.h1115

Under-reporting and case fatality estimates for emerging epidemics

Katherine E Atkins, Natasha S Wenzel, Martial Ndeffo-Mbah, Frederick L Altice, Jeffrey P Townsend, Alison P Galvani

Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences

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Original language	English
Article number	h1115
Number of pages	4
Journal	British Medical Journal (BMJ)
Volume	350
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h1115
Publication status	Published - 16 Mar 2015

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Africa, Western/epidemiology
Bias
Communicable Diseases, Emerging/epidemiology
Epidemics/statistics & numerical data
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/mortality
Humans
Mortality

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Katie Atkins
- Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences - Reader
- Usher Institute - Chancellor's Fellow
- Centre for Global Health Research
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