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2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV): estimating the case fatality rate – a word of caution
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It is tempting to estimate the case fatality rate by dividing the number of known deaths by the number of confirmed cases. The resulting number, however, does not represent the true case fatality rate and might be off by orders of magnitude.
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- Authors
- Battegay, M., Kuehl, R., Tschudin-Sutter, S., Hirsch, H. H., Widmer, A. F., & Neher, R. A.
- Venue
- Swiss Medical Weekly
- Publisher
- SMW Supporting Association
- Published
- 2020-02-07
- Volume
- 150
- Issue
- 0506
- Pages
- w20203
- ISSN
- 0036-7672 (ISSN-L)
- 1424-3997
- OpenAlex
- W3005409672
- Cited by
- 199
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 7.55
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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