Under-reporting of pertussis in Ontario: A Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) study using capture-recapture.

Under-reporting of pertussis in Ontario: A Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) study using capture-recapture.

Under-reporting of pertussis cases is a longstanding challenge. We estimated the true number of pertussis cases in Ontario using multiple data sources, and evaluated the completeness of each source.We linked data from multiple sources for the period 2009 to 2015: public health reportable disease sur...

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Main Authors: Natasha S Crowcroft, Caitlin Johnson, Cynthia Chen, Ye Li, Alex Marchand-Austin, Shelly Bolotin, Kevin Schwartz, Shelley L Deeks, Frances Jamieson, Steven Drews, Margaret L Russell, Lawrence W Svenson, Kimberley Simmonds, Salaheddin M Mahmud, Jeffrey C Kwong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5931792?pdf=render

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