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. 2012 Jul 9;8:68. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-68

Table 1.

Parameters of the Beta(a,b) distributions used as priors

Parameter Mean Lower limit (95%) Parameters of beta distribution
a b
CFT
Se*
0.9
0.8
31.5
3.5
Sp*
0.95
0.8
7.07
0.37
I-ELISA
Se*
Unknown
Unknown
1
1
Sp*
0.98
0.9
11.03
0.23
  γ Se*
Unknown
Unknown
1
1
  γ Se* Unknown
Unknown
1
1
  Unknown Unknown 1 1

*Se = Sensitivity; Sp = Specificity; γ = covariance.