title: Bayesian versus frequentist methods for estimating true prevalence of disease and diagnostic test performance.
authors.affiliation: LANADA/Central Veterinary Laboratory of Bingerville, P.O. Box 206, Bingerville, Ivory Coast; Unit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat, 155, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium; Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Applied to Veterinary Sciences (UREAR-ULg), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Boulevard de Colonster 20, B42, B-4000 Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: Moussa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanogo
authors.affiliation: Unit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat, 155, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abatih
authors.affiliation: Research Unit of Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Applied to Veterinary Sciences (UREAR-ULg), Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Boulevard de Colonster 20, B42, B-4000 Liège, Belgium. Electronic address: claude.saegerman@ulg.ac.be.
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saegerman
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000818:Animals; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000662:veterinary*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D015995:Prevalence
keywords: Bayesian methods; Diagnostic test performance; Frequentist methods; Sensitivity; Specificity; True prevalence