Selected article for: "cross validation and specificity sensitivity"

Author: Cori, Anne; Donnelly, Christl A.; Dorigatti, Ilaria; Ferguson, Neil M.; Fraser, Christophe; Garske, Tini; Jombart, Thibaut; Nedjati-Gilani, Gemma; Nouvellet, Pierre; Riley, Steven; Van Kerkhove, Maria D.; Mills, Harriet L.; Blake, Isobel M.
Title: Key data for outbreak evaluation: building on the Ebola experience
  • Document date: 2017_5_26
  • ID: 12t247bn_37
    Snippet: Laboratory testing of clinical specimens is key for confirming cases and test results should be linked to the line-list. Understanding diagnostic test performance in field conditions is important; cross-validation of diagnostic sensitivity and specificity between laboratories is useful to assess the extent to which observed differences in case incidence may be explained by variations in laboratory conditions and practices......
    Document: Laboratory testing of clinical specimens is key for confirming cases and test results should be linked to the line-list. Understanding diagnostic test performance in field conditions is important; cross-validation of diagnostic sensitivity and specificity between laboratories is useful to assess the extent to which observed differences in case incidence may be explained by variations in laboratory conditions and practices.

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