Potential Biases in Estimating Absolute and Relative Case-Fatality Risks during Outbreaks. Author(s): Lipsitch M, Donnelly CA, Fraser C, Blake IM, Cori A, Dorigatti I, Ferguson NM, Garske T, Mills HL, Riley S, Van Kerkhove MD, Hernán MA|Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis|PMID: 26181387| July 2015 Estimating the case-fatality risk (CFR)-the probability that a person dies from an infection given that they are a case-is a…
HIV-1 transmitting couples have similar viral load set-points in Rakai, Uganda. Author(s): Hollingsworth TD, Laeyendecker O, Shirreff G, Donnelly CA, Serwadda D, Wawer MJ, Kiwanuka N, Nalugoda F, Collinson-Streng A, Ssempijja V, Hanage WP, Quinn TC, Gray RH, Fraser C|Journal: PLoS Pathog|PMID: 20463808| May 2010 It has been hypothesized that HIV-1 viral load set-point is a surrogate measure of HIV-1 viral virulence, and that it…