Assessing the impact of misclassification error on an epidemiological association between two helminthic infections.

• Main Authors: Mushfiqur R Tarafder (Author), Hélène Carabin (Author), Stephen T McGarvey (Author), Lawrence Joseph (Author), Ernesto Balolong (Author), Remigio Olveda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Polyparasitism can lead to severe disability in endemic populations. Yet, the association between soil-transmitted helminth (STH) and the cumulative incidence of Schistosoma japonicum infection has not been described. The aim of this work was to quantify the effect of misclassification error, which...