Estimating disease rates from a diagnostic test

• Published in: American journal of epidemiology Vol. 119; no. 6; p. 1015
• Main Authors: Yanagawa, T, Gladen, B C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.1984
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Diagnosis; Epidemiologic Methods; Female; Guatemala; Humans; Infant; Male; Middle Aged; Onchocerciasis - diagnosis; Onchocerciasis - epidemiology; Population Surveillance; Statistics as Topic - methods; Guatemala

Incidence and remission rates are often estimated from studies that employ a diagnostic test to indicate the presence of disease. The apparent rates that result from a simple study design with one test given at two time points will be substantially different from the true rates, even if the error ra...