Open AccessThe whole iceberg: estimating the incidence of yellow fever virus infection from the number of severe cases
Author(s) -
Michael A. Johansson,
Pedro F.C. Vasconcelos,
J. Erin Staples
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1878-3503
pISSN - 0035-9203
DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/tru092
Subject(s) - asymptomatic , outbreak , medicine , disease , incidence (geometry) , transmission (telecommunications) , jaundice , credible interval , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , pediatrics , confidence interval , physics , electrical engineering , optics , engineering
Like many infectious agents, yellow fever (YF) virus only causes disease in a proportion of individuals it infects and severe illness only represents the tip of the iceberg relative to the total number of infections, the more critical factor for virus transmission.
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