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Converting Incidence and Prevalence Data: An Update to the Rule

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Carina King ,
Paul Aylin  and
Alison Holmes
Carina King*
Affiliation:
Institute of Global Health, University College London, United Kingdom The National Centre for Infection Prevention and Management, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
Paul Aylin
Affiliation:
The National Centre for Infection Prevention and Management, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom Dr Foster Unit at Imperial, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Alison Holmes
Affiliation:
The National Centre for Infection Prevention and Management, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom Infection Prevention and Control, Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust, London, United Kingdom
*
Institute for Global Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1 1NE, United Kingdom (c.king@ucl.ac.uk).
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Letter to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 11 , November 2014 , pp. 1432 - 1433
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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