Table 1 Prior distribution of Sensitivity and Specificity in ELISA of males and females in Dantu County, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China
From: Estimating the prevalence of schistosomiasis japonica in China: a serological approach
Age group | Sensitivity | Specificity | Sensitivity | Specificity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (2.5% CI, 97.5% CI) | Mean (2.5% CI, 97.5% CI) | α | β | α | β | |
Males | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
6~ | 72.81% (59.81,85.81%) | 88.83% (87.60, 90.06%) | 33.38841 | 12.468 | 2329.468 | 292.921 |
10~ | 94.15% (91.04, 97.26%) | 69.51% (68.26, 70.75%) | 213.5133 | 13.267 | 3801.042 | 1667.69 |
20~ | 91.95% (83.89, 100.00%) | 51.05% (48.46, 53.63%) | 41.06135 | 3.597 | 763.048 | 731.806 |
30~ | 99.30% (98.60, 100.00%) | 41.19% (39.61, 42.76%) | 562.4636 | 3.965 | 1608.251 | 2296.693 |
40~ | 96.37% (94.91, 97.83%) | 35.51% (34.28, 36.73%) | 631.6588 | 23.793 | 2166.815 | 3936.029 |
50~ | 94.71% (92.59, 96.82%) | 30.61% (29.49, 31.73%) | 423.7224 | 23.691 | 2072.924 | 4699.124 |
60~ | 98.96% (97.91, 100.00%) | 31.83% (30.23, 33.42%) | 373.8274 | 3.948 | 1085.359 | 2325.038 |
Females | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
6~ | 50% (29.93, 70.07%) | 89.51% (88.07, 90.95%) | 11.91296 | 11.913 | 1620.368 | 189.897 |
10~ | 87.3% (80.74, 93.85%) | 81.91% (80.82, 82.99%) | 89.25677 | 12.991 | 4123.763 | 911.049 |
20~ | 94.33% (88.65, 100.00%) | 69.91% (67.86, 71.95%) | 61.76833 | 3.716 | 1405.945 | 605.277 |
30~ | 89.75% (85.75, 93.75%) | 49.31% (47.92, 50.69%) | 205.5135 | 23.471 | 2569.355 | 2641.79 |
40~ | 99.37% (98.74, 100.00%) | 46.31% (45.21, 47.41%) | 625.9521 | 3.969 | 3805.965 | 4412.486 |
50~ | 95.49% (93.07, 97.90%) | 50.86% (49.69, 52.03%) | 281.373 | 13.305 | 3713.784 | 3588.19 |
60~ | 94.33% (88.65, 100.00%) | 55.04% (53.28, 56.80%) | 61.76833 | 3.716 | 1758.255 | 1436.249 |