Rethinking the population attributable fraction for infectious diseases

Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Feb;20(2):155-157. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30618-8. Epub 2019 Nov 18.

Authors

Sharmistha Mishra¹, Stefan D Baral²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences and Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON M5B 1T8, Canada. Electronic address: sharmistha.mishra@utoronto.ca.
² Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

PMID: 31753764
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30618-8

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MeSH terms

Communicable Diseases / epidemiology*
Communicable Diseases / pathology*
Female
Humans
Male
Risk Factors