Interpreting ambiguous ‘trace’ results in Schistosoma mansoni CCA Tests: Estimating sensitivity and specificity of ambiguous results with no gold standard

BACKGROUND: The development of new diagnostics is an important tool in the fight against disease. Latent Class Analysis (LCA) is used to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of tests in the absence of a gold standard. The main field diagnostic for Schistosoma mansoni infection, Kato-Katz (KK), i...

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Publicado no:PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Main Authors: Clements, Michelle N., Donnelly, Christl A., Fenwick, Alan, Kabatereine, Narcis B., Knowles, Sarah C. L., Meité, Aboulaye, N'Goran, Eliézer K., Nalule, Yolisa, Nogaro, Sarah, Phillips, Anna E., Tukahebwa, Edridah Muheki, Fleming, Fiona M.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5738141/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29220354
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006102
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