Global Health and Tropical Medicine
Despite the increasing popularity of Bayesian statistics, some concepts (e.g., prior information, posterior distribution, credibility intervals) remain unclear for non-statisticians. The evaluation of diagnostic tests is a good example to explain Bayesian statistics.
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Evaluation of schistosomiasis control programs, a snail-borne disease caused by Schistosoma spp, requires accurate diagnostic techniques to assess the infection status when low prevalence is achieved in endemic areas under mass drug administration (MDA).
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PCR based methods for detection of pathogens require thermocyclers and either subsequent electrophoresis or expensive equipment for real-time detection of amplification products.
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Feline leishmaniosis (FeL) due to Leishmania infantum is a zoonotic vector-borne disease regarded as emergent in Southern European countries.
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GHTM Sessions 2021 CCI Diagnostics » Year Calendar » Sharing GHTM’s Cross Cutting Issues Diagnostics’ activities, knowledge and methodologies in this area.
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