Occupancy modeling and resampling overcomes low test sensitivity to produce accurate SARS-CoV-2 prevalence estimates

• Main Authors: Jamie S. Sanderlin (Author), Jessie D. Golding (Author), Taylor Wilcox (Author), Daniel H. Mason (Author), Kevin S. McKelvey (Author), Dean E. Pearson (Author), Michael K. Schwartz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background We evaluated whether occupancy modeling, an approach developed for detecting rare wildlife species, could overcome inherent accuracy limitations associated with rapid disease tests to generate fast, accurate, and affordable SARS-CoV-2 prevalence estimates. Occupancy modeling uses...