Estimating the population prevalence and force of infection directly from antibody titres

Statistical Modelling

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 441-462

  Bollaerts, K ^a   Aerts, Marc ^b   Shkedy, Z ^b   Faes, C ^b   van der Stede, Y ^d   Beutels, P ^c   Hens, N ^b,c  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

force of infection; mixture model; prevalence; serological data; test misclassification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866283954     PISSN: 1471082X     EISSN: 14770342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471082X12457495     Document Type: Article

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