Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 1996;2(2):119-29.
doi: 10.1007/BF00128570.

Estimation from current-status data in continuous time

N Keiding  1 , K Begtrup, T H Scheike, G Hasibeder
Affiliations

Estimation from current-status data in continuous time

N Keiding et al. Lifetime Data Anal. 1996.

Abstract

The nonparametric maximum likelihood estimator for current-status data has been known for at least 40 years, but only recently have the mathematical-statistical properties been clarified. This note provides a case study in the important and often studied context of estimating age-specific immunization intensities from a seroprevalence survey. Fully parametric and spline-based alternatives (also based on continuous-time models) are given. The basic reproduction number R0 exemplifies estimation of a functional. The limitations implied by the necessarily rather restrictive epidemiological assumptions are briefly discussed.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

See all "Cited by" articles

References

    1. J Math Biol. 1985;22(1):117-20 - PubMed
    1. Am J Epidemiol. 1993 May 1;137(9):1022-34 - PubMed
    1. Biometrics. 1995 Mar;51(1):323-9 - PubMed
    1. Demography. 1986 Nov;23(4):607-20 - PubMed
    1. Stat Methods Med Res. 1993;2(1):23-41 - PubMed