How to Determine the Accuracy of an Alternative Diagnostic Test when It Is Actually Better than the Reference Tests: A Re-Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests for Scrub Typhus Using Bayesian LCMs

BACKGROUND: The indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) is considered a reference test for scrub typhus. Recently, the Scrub Typhus Infection Criteria (STIC; a combination of culture, PCR assays and IFA IgM) were proposed as a reference standard for evaluating alternative diagnostic tests. Here, we...

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Publicado no:PLoS One
Main Authors: Lim, Cherry, Paris, Daniel H., Blacksell, Stuart D., Laongnualpanich, Achara, Kantipong, Pacharee, Chierakul, Wirongrong, Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Day, Nicholas P. J., Cooper, Ben S., Limmathurotsakul, Direk
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4449177/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26024375
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114930
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