Open AccessA New General Biomarker-based Incidence Estimator
Author(s) -
Reshma Kassanjee,
Thomas A. McWalter,
Till Bärnighausen,
Alex Welte
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0b013e3182576c07
Subject(s) - biomarker , incidence (geometry) , estimator , statistics , medicine , mathematics , biology , genetics , geometry
Estimating disease incidence from cross-sectional surveys, using biomarkers for "recent" infection, has attracted much interest. Despite widespread applications to HIV, there is currently no consensus on the correct handling of biomarker results classifying persons as "recently" infected long after the infections occurred.