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Truncating an epidemic curve at the level of diagnostic efficiency limits reported infection counts
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Truncating or restricting diagnostic criteria and surveillance capacity inherently limits reported infection counts, leading to underrepresented epidemic curves.

Evidence for · 3
Effect of changing case definitions for COVID-19 on the epidemic curve and transmission parameters in mainland China: a modelling study
2020 · cited by 200
Demonstrates that narrower case definitions limit detected infection counts and that broadening them drastically increases reported cases.
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The retrieved papers consistently demonstrate that limitations in diagnostic case definitions, testing capacity, and surveillance access lead to underreported case numbers and biased epidemic curves. Papers [0], [4], and [11] directly support the premise that restricted diagnostic efficiency or narrow criteria constrain reported infection counts.

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A marginal moment matching approach for fitting endemic‐epidemic models to underreported disease surveillance counts
2020 · cited by 22
Shows that underreporting in disease surveillance counts leads to significant downward bias in estimated epidemic metrics.
Global excess tuberculosis mortality during COVID-19: a country-level modeling study of policy and development correlates.
2025 · cited by 1
Highlights how reduced access to diagnosis and surveillance disruptions during public health crises impair the reporting of actual disease incidence.
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first checked04 Aug 2026
judged → SUPPORTED · 9004 Aug 2026
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