Exact confidence limits for prevalence of a disease with an imperfect diagnostic test

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1674-1678

  Reiczigel, J ^a   Foldi J ^b   Ozsvari L ^c  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Intervet Hungary Ltd   (Hungary)

^c Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; exact confidence interval; prevalence of disease; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; SIMULATION;

EID: 77957324667     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000385     Document Type: Article

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