Sentence examples for prevalence testing from inspiring English sources

A simulation model was developed in the programming language R. Key model inputs included sensitivity and specificity estimates for 3 individual animal diagnostic tests (serum ELISA, milk ELISA, and fecal culture), design prevalence, testing options, and testing costs.

Nonetheless, it is expected that the antibody prevalence testing fluid samples will be underestimated and lower than that testing serum samples.

Significantly higher performance ratios were achieved by sites from southern Africa (67.9%) and by sites in countries with the highest HIV prevalence, testing coverage and percentage of population with knowledge about PMTCT.

The MST of prostate cancer was derived from detection rates at PSA prevalence testing in 43 842 men, aged 50 69 years, as part of the ProtecT study, from the incidence of non-screen-detected cases obtained from the English population-based cancer registry database, and from PSA sensitivity obtained from the medical literature.

In areas of low prevalence, test users should be aware of the possibility of false-positive results.

If the test sensitivity of the prevalence test is lower, the true population prevalence is higher than measured in the appendix study, leading to more secondary transmission and therefore potential for a larger secondary outbreak.

Any statistically significant difference between hospital and community in prevalence, test sensitivity, test specificity and costs would result in significant differences in cost-effectiveness between hospital and community.

In this report, we compare HIV prevalence, test turnaround time, and outcomes of children receiving HIV testing in PMTCT programs versus in a tertiary care hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.

Screening test results that include false positives will be segmented into pieces (prevalence, test sensitivity, positive predictive value of a test) to improve understanding of risk estimates [ 28, 29].

In 1990 96 there was a total of 419 632 person-years corresponding to approximately 60 000 women each year, invited women had 254 890 and screened women 155 645 person years after their prevalence test to the end of follow-up.

Main outcome measures Primary outcome measure was prevalence of testing for HIV.