Under-reporting and case fatality estimates for emerging epidemics

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All authors have completed the unified competing interest form at www.icmje.org/coi-disclosure.pdf (available on request from the corresponding author) and declare the work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH U01 GM087719, U01 GM105627, and K24 DA017072), and the National Science Foundation (NSF RAPID 1514673). This research was partly funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Immunisation at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in partnership with Public Health England (PHE). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIH, NSF, NHS, NIHR, the Department of Health or Public Health England.