<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Edward Goldstein</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Benjamin J. Cowling</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Allison E. Aiello</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Saki Takahashi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gary King</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ying Lu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marc Lipsitch</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Estimating Incidence Curves of Several Infections Using Symptom Surveillance Data</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PLoS ONE</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">e23380</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;We introduce a method for estimating incidence curves of several co-circulating infectious pathogens, where each infection has its own probabilities of particular symptom profiles. Our deconvolution method utilizes weekly surveillance data on symptoms from a defined population as well as additional data on symptoms from a sample of virologically confirmed infectious episodes. We illustrate this method by numerical simulations and by using data from a survey conducted on the University of Michigan campus. Last, we describe the data needs to make such estimates accurate.&lt;/p&gt;
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