Modeling of under-detection of cases in disease surveillance

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 335-343

  Bailey, T C ^a   Carvalho, M S ^b   Lapa, T M ^b   Souza, W V ^b   Brewer, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian Models; Disease Surveillance; Under detection of Cases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPROSY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 17444400459     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2004.09.013     Document Type: Article

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