Latent-class methods to evaluate diagnostics tests for Echinococcus infections in dogs.

• Үндсэн зохиолчид: Sonja Hartnack (Зохиогч), Christine M Budke (Зохиогч), Philip S Craig (Зохиогч), Qiu Jiamin (Зохиогч), Belgees Boufana (Зохиогч), Maiza Campos-Ponce (Зохиогч), Paul R Torgerson (Зохиогч)
• Формат: Ном
• Хэвлэсэн: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Нөхцлүүд: article
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The diagnosis of canine echinococcosis can be a challenge in surveillance studies because there is no perfect gold standard that can be used routinely. However, unknown test specificities and sensitivities can be overcome using latent-class analysis with appropriate data.We utilised a set of faecal...