Under-detection of blood culture-positive enteric fever cases: The impact of missing data and methods for adjusting incidence estimates.

• Main Authors: Merryn Voysey (Author), Dikshya Pant (Author), Mila Shakya (Author), Xinxue Liu (Author), Rachel Colin-Jones (Author), Katherine Theiss-Nyland (Author), Nicola Smith (Author), Shrijana Shrestha (Author), Buddha Basnyat (Author), Andrew J Pollard (Author), Virginia E Pitzer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>In surveillance for typhoid fever, under-detection of cases occurs when patients with fever do not seek medical care, or seek medical care but do not receive a blood test. Missing data may result in incorrect estimates of disease incidence.<h4>Methods</h4>W...