Table 1.

Prior information on diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of the applied assays, based on Shaapan et al. [4]

Test	Sensitivity			Specificity
	Distribution	Mean	95% UI	Distribution	Mean	95% UI
IFA	Beta(82,20)	0.80	(0.72–0.87)	Beta(181,17)	0.91	(0.87–0.95)
ELISA	Beta(92,10)	0.90	(0.84–0.95)	Beta(170,28)	0.86	(0.81–0.90)

UI uncertainty interval, IFA indirect immunofluorescence assay, ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay