Using Combined Diagnostic Test Results to Hindcast Trends of Infection from Cross-Sectional Data.

Infectious disease surveillance is key to limiting the consequences from infectious pathogens and maintaining animal and public health. Following the detection of a disease outbreak, a response in proportion to the severity of the outbreak is required. It is thus critical to obtain accurate informat...

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Main Authors: Gustaf Rydevik, Giles T Innocent, Glenn Marion, Ross S Davidson, Piran C L White, Charalambos Billinis, Paul Barrow, Peter P C Mertens, Dolores Gavier-Widén, Michael R Hutchings
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-07-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4934910?pdf=render