Measuring underreporting and under-ascertainment in infectious disease datasets: A comparison of methods

• Published in: BMC Public Health
• Main Authors: Gibbons, C.L., Mangen, M.J., Plass, D., Havelaar, A.H., Brooke, R.J., Kramarz, P., Peterson, K.L., Stuurman, A.L., Cassini, A., Fèvre, Eric M., Kretzschmar, M.E.E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2014
• Subjects: disease control; epidemiology; Canada; Norway; Pyramid; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35035; https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-147

Background Efficient and reliable surveillance and notification systems are vital for monitoring public health and disease outbreaks. However, most surveillance and notification systems are affected by a degree of underestimation (UE) and therefore uncertainty surrounds the 'true' incidenc...