Statistical adjustment of culture-independent diagnostic tests for trend analysis in the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), USA | Zendy

Weidong Gu | Zendy; Vikrant Dutta | Zendy; Mary Patrick | Zendy; Bonnie Bruce | Zendy; Aimee Geissler | Zendy; J. Huang | Zendy; Collette Fitzgerald | Zendy; Olga L. Henao | Zendy

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Statistical adjustment of culture-independent diagnostic tests for trend analysis in the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), USA

Author(s) -

Weidong Gu,

Vikrant Dutta,

Mary Patrick,

Bonnie Bruce,

Aimee Geissler,

J. Huang,

Collette Fitzgerald,

Olga L. Henao

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyy041

Subject(s) - campylobacter , incidence (geometry) , campylobacteriosis , diagnostic test , gold standard (test) , medicine , predictive value , statistics , veterinary medicine , biology , mathematics , genetics , geometry , bacteria

Culture-independent diagnostic tests (CIDTs) are increasingly used to diagnose Campylobacter infection in the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet). Because CIDTs have different performance characteristics compared with culture, which has been used historically and is still used to diagnose campylobacteriosis, adjustment of cases diagnosed by CIDT is needed to compare with culture-confirmed cases for monitoring incidence trends.

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