Bayesian Latent Class Models in malaria diagnosis.

AIMS: The main focus of this study is to illustrate the importance of the statistical analysis in the evaluation of the accuracy of malaria diagnostic tests, without admitting a reference test, exploring a dataset (n=3317) collected in São Tomé and Príncipe. METHODS: Bayesian Latent Class Models (wi...

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Main Authors: Luzia Gonçalves, Ana Subtil, M Rosário de Oliveira, Virgílio do Rosário, Pei-Wen Lee, Men-Fang Shaio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3402519?pdf=render