Bayesian latent class models for identifying canine visceral leishmaniosis using diagnostic tests in the absence of a gold standard.

• Main Authors: Marie V Ozanne (Author), Grant D Brown (Author), Breanna M Scorza (Author), Kurayi Mahachi (Author), Angela J Toepp (Author), Christine A Petersen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Like many infectious diseases, there is no practical gold standard for diagnosing clinical visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Latent class modeling has been proposed to estimate a latent gold standard for identifying disease. These proposed models for VL have leveraged infor...