A Method for Estimating Incidence Rates of Onchocerciasis from Skin-Snip Biopsies with Consideration of False Negatives

1 June 1984

journal article
research article
Published by JSTOR in Biometrics

Vol. 40 (2) , 301-11
https://doi.org/10.2307/2531383

Abstract

The aim of this study is to estimate incidence rates of onchocerciasis from skin-snip biopsies, based on incomplete data obtained in field surveys, with consideration of false negatives. The method of maximum likelihood is employed and the effect of false negatives on the incidence rates is discussed.

Keywords

SURVEYS
INCOMPLETE
INCIDENCE RATES
FALSE NEGATIVES
ESTIMATE INCIDENCE
SKIN SNIP BIOPSIES
ONCHOCERCIASIS FROM SKIN

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