On the role of statisticians and modelers in responding to AIDS and COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, UK.
² Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Comment

Britta L Jewell et al. Stat Med. 2021.

. 2021 May 20;40(11):2530-2535.

doi: 10.1002/sim.8943.

¹ MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, UK.
² Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

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AIDS and COVID: A tale of two pandemics and the role of statisticians.
Ellenberg SS, Morris JS. Ellenberg SS, et al. Stat Med. 2021 May 20;40(11):2499-2510. doi: 10.1002/sim.8936. Stat Med. 2021. PMID: 33963579 Free PMC article.

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