False positives of screening in large-scale population with low infection rate of an infectious diseasea： a modeling analysis

False positives of screening in large-scale population with low infection rate of an infectious diseasea： a modeling analysis

ObjectiveTo explore the positive predictive value （PPV） and false positive （FP） number of screening test in mass testing when the prevalence of infection is low.MethodsAssuming a population of 20 million with the prevalence of disease infection ranging from 0.1% to 5.0%， PPV， true positive （TP） and...

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Main Authors: JIANG Honglin, TONG Yixin, XU Ning, ZHOU Yibiao, JIANG Qingwu
Format: Article
Language:zho
Published: Shanghai Preventive Medicine Association 2022-04-01
Series:Shanghai yufang yixue
Subjects:
screening test
false positive
positive predictive value
sensitivity
specificity
infection prevalence
Online Access:http://www.sjpm.org.cn/article/doi/10.19428/j.cnki.sjpm.2022.22018

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