BAYESIAN LATENT CLASS MODELS FOR IDENTIFYING CANINE VISCERAL LEISHMANIOSIS USING DIAGNOSTIC TESTS IN THE ABSENCE OF A GOLD STANDARD.

Bayesian latent class models for identifying canine visceral leishmaniosis using diagnostic tests in the absence of a gold standard.

BackgroundLike many infectious diseases, there is no practical gold standard for diagnosing clinical visceral leishmaniasis (VL).Latent class modeling has been proposed to estimate a latent gold standard for identifying disease.These proposed models for VL have leveraged information from diagnostic tests with dichotomous serological and PCR assays,

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Uncertainty and hope

A humanist paradigm of education and Water Level Switch Chamber the future The decisions that citizens should take in the future are of an unprecedented scale: to include all or not, to manipulate or not our genetic capital, to care for or depredate nature, etc.The levels of reflexivity required to address these issues are profound and depend not o

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