EcologybioRxiv
Evidence of cryptic incidence in childhood diseases
C. E. Gunning, M. J. Ferrari, E. B. Erhardt, H. J. Wearing
The paper estimates cryptic incidence in childhood diseases by analyzing pre-vaccine era U.S. cities, finding higher pertussis presence than measles and common cryptic presence in small cities with poor reporting.
DOI 10.1098/rspb.2017.1268