Power Law for Estimating Underdetection of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks, United States.

ABSTRACT: We fit a power law distribution to US foodborne disease outbreaks to assess underdetection and underreporting. We predicted that 788 fewer than expected small outbreaks were identified annually during 1998-2017 and 365 fewer during 2018-2019, after whole-genome sequencing was implemented. Power law can help assess effectiveness of public health interventions.

SUBMITTER: Ford L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10826756 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature