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Review
. 2015 Dec 3;9(12):e0004040.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004040. eCollection 2015 Dec.

Estimating the Burden of Febrile Illnesses

John A Crump  1 , Martyn D Kirk  2
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Review

Estimating the Burden of Febrile Illnesses

John A Crump et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
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Conflict of interest statement

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: MDK serves as Chair and JAC serves as resource adviser on invasive Salmonella infections for the Enteric Disease Taskforce of the World Health Organizations Foodborne Disease Epidemiology Reference Group both without remuneration. MDK serves as an Academic Editor for PLOS One and JAC serves as an Associate Editor for PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

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Fig 1
Fig 1. Approaches to estimating illnesses, complications, and deaths due to conditions with (panel A) and without (panel B) syndrome “envelopes.”
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