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Bayesian Latent Class Models in Malaria Diagnosis

Goncalves, Luzia; Subtil, Ana; Oliveira, M. Rosário; Do Rosario, Virgilio; Lee, Pei-Wen; Shaio, Men-Fang

PlOS One, 7(7) (2012), e40633
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040633

The main focus of this study is to illustrate the importance of the statistical analysis in the evaluation of the accuracy of malaria diagnostic tests, without admitting a reference test, exploring a dataset (n=3317) collected in São Tomé and Príncipe.