A comparison of biomarker based incidence estimators.
McWalter TA, Welte A.
McWalter TA, et al. Among authors: welte a.
PLoS One. 2009 Oct 7;4(10):e7368. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007368.
PLoS One. 2009.
PMID: 19809505
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When the three estimators are tested under a steady state epidemic, which includes individuals who fail to progress on the biomarker, only the McWalter/Welte method recovers an unbiased result. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Our analysis shows that the McDougal estimator …
When the three estimators are tested under a steady state epidemic, which includes individuals who fail to progress on the biomarker, …