Many infections cause lasting detectable immune responses, whose prevalence can be estimated from cross-sectional surveys. However, such surveys do not provide direct information on the incidence of infection. We address the issue of estimating age and time specific incidence from a series of preval
Estimation of Incidence from Age Wise Prevalence
β Scribed by I. M. S. Lamba; Padam Singh
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 365 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0323-3847
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