Estimating dengue transmission intensity from sero-prevalence surveys in multiple countries.

• Main Authors: Natsuko Imai (Author), Ilaria Dorigatti (Author), Simon Cauchemez (Author), Neil M Ferguson (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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BACKGROUND:Estimates of dengue transmission intensity remain ambiguous. Since the majority of infections are asymptomatic, surveillance systems substantially underestimate true rates of infection. With advances in the development of novel control measures, obtaining robust estimates of average dengu...