Probabilistic Factors Involved in Disease and Virus Testing

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[Greg Bernhardt]

Very interesting, who knew testing was so complex!

 

[Orodruin]

Nice writeup!
I think a couple of graphs would be useful though, like the PPV/NPV as a function of prevalence for a couple of values of p/q, to really drive the message home.