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Specificity Calculation - Probability that a test correctly identifies those without the disease (true negative rate)

Specificity
Specificity Calculation ... Biostatistics #statistics ... #Epidemiology #Equations ... #calculations #
Sensitivity Calculation - Probability that a test correctly identifies those with the disease (true positive rate)

Sensitivity
Sensitivity Calculation ... Biostatistics #statistics ... #Epidemiology #Equations ... #calculations #
Positive Predictive Value Calculation - Probability that someone with a positive test actually has the disease

Positive
Predictive Value Calculation ... Biostatistics #statistics ... #Epidemiology #Equations ... #calculations #
Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
and Epidemiology Equations ... Biostatistics #statistics ... #Epidemiology #Equations ... #calculations #
Negative Predictive Value Calculation - Probability that someone with a negative test truly does not have
Predictive Value Calculation ... Biostatistics #statistics ... #Epidemiology #Equations ... #calculations #
Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
intestine Larvae exit circulation ... Hookworm #Intestinal #lifecycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Ascaris lumbricoides - Ascariasis Life Cycle
1) Adults in small intestine
2) Fertilized egg - Unfertilized egg (will
Hatched larvae enter circulation ... lumbricoides #Ascariasis #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Schistosoma Life Cycle - Schistosomiasis
1) Eggs shed from infected human: in feces, in urine
2) Eggs hatch
schistosomulae 8) Circulation ... #Schistosoma #LifeCycle ... Schistosomiasis #diagnosis #pathophysiology