Evaluation of 30 commercial assays for the detection of antibodies to HIV in China using classical and Bayesian statistics

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 73-79

  Liu, Pei ^a   Yang, Hai Tao ^b   Qiang, Lai Ying ^c   Jin, Hui ^a   Xiao, Shan ^a   Shi, Zhi Xu ^d  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d Xuzhou Blood Center   (China)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Classical statistics; Evaluation; HIV antibody assays

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78249280300     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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