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Hallo, Good question. Though not an abstruse epidemiological expert as you seem to be, my gut feeling - abstract or theoretical - reflex to your question is nay, however depending on individual infectious diseases on a case-by-case basis it may be a decent proxy. HTH? Best wishes, William Stanbury. On 9 October 2010 13:00, Humphrey Misiri <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear All, > The force of infection is the per capita rate of infection,the > instantaneous incidence rate of infection . > Can the estimate of the force of infection be used as estimated incidence > rate? > Please take note of the word ínstantaneous'. > Waiting for responses > -- > H.E. Misiri > University of Oslo > Institute of Basic Medical Sciences > Department of Biostatistics > P.O. Box 1122, > Blindern. > 0317 Oslo. > Norway. > > Email: [log in to unmask] > -------------------------------------------------------- > > College of Medicine > University of Malawi > Private Bag 360 > Chichiri > Blantyre3. > Malawi. > Websites: > http://www.medcol.mw/http://www.unima.mw/downloads/stafflist2010.pdf > > You may leave the list at any time by sending the command > > SIGNOFF allstat > > to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank. > You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.