An application of Bayesian growth mixture modelling to estimate infection incidences from repeated serological tests

Statistical Modelling

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 551-578

  Menten, J ^a,b   Boelaert, M ^a   Lesaffre, E ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

diagnostic tests; growth mixture model; Hidden Markov model; latent variable; visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871136174     PISSN: 1471082X     EISSN: 14770342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471082X12465797     Document Type: Article

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