OPTIMAL BATCH SIZE FOR ESTIMATION OF THE PREVALENCE OF A DISEASE USING COMBINED SAMPLES

Authors
MENG XF XU QY FANG YJ
Citation
Xf. Meng et al., OPTIMAL BATCH SIZE FOR ESTIMATION OF THE PREVALENCE OF A DISEASE USING COMBINED SAMPLES, International journal of epidemiology, 23(4), 1994, pp. 863-864
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
International journal of epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03005771
Volume
23
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
863 - 864
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-5771(1994)23:4<863:OBSFEO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Great attention has been given to the combined sample test for its hig h efficiency.(1-8) Here a model of mathematical expectation for combin ed samples has been worked out and used for investigating the prevalen ce of HCV in serum from blood donors. It was shown that this model was valuable if the probability of a positive test, e.g. the prevalence, is less than 0.31.