Epidemiology

Findings from National Taiwan University, Institute of Epidemiology advance knowledge in epidemiology

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 12th, 2010

A new study, 'Estimating pathogen-specific asymptomatic ratios,' is now available. According to recent research from Taipei, Taiwan, "The asymptomatic ratio (the proportion of asymptomatic infected cases among the total infected cases) is an important indicator in public health. However, symptoms manifested by a case infected with a pathogen may result from infections other than the specific pathogen of interest."

"When a case is infected with multiple pathogens, it can be difficult to distinguish which pathogen is causing the symptoms. These conditions complicate the estimation of asymptomatic ratios. We used influenza serologic data from Taiwan to test a novel...

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