تقرير
Statistical techniques to estimate the SARS-CoV-2 infection fatality rate
| العنوان: | Statistical techniques to estimate the SARS-CoV-2 infection fatality rate |
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| المؤلفون: | Mieskolainen, Mikael, Bainbridge, Robert, Buchmueller, Oliver, Lyons, Louis, Wardle, Nicholas |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| المجموعة: | Statistics |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Statistics - Applications, Statistics - Methodology |
| الوصف: | The determination of the infection fatality rate (IFR) for the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is a key aim for many of the field studies that are currently being undertaken in response to the pandemic. The IFR together with the basic reproduction number $R_0$, are the main epidemic parameters describing severity and transmissibility of the virus, respectively. The IFR can be also used as a basis for estimating and monitoring the number of infected individuals in a population, which may be subsequently used to inform policy decisions relating to public health interventions and lockdown strategies. The interpretation of IFR measurements requires the calculation of confidence intervals. We present a number of statistical methods that are relevant in this context and develop an inverse problem formulation to determine correction factors to mitigate time-dependent effects that can lead to biased IFR estimates. We also review a number of methods to combine IFR estimates from multiple independent studies, provide example calculations throughout this note and conclude with a summary and "best practice" recommendations. The developed code is available online. Comment: 50 pages, 13 figures |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Working Paper |
| URL الوصول: | http://arxiv.org/abs/2012.02100 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsarx.2012.02100 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | arXiv |
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