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A common trap of diagnostic tests

Disease prevalence and positive predictive value

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  1. Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18–20, Vienna, 1090, Austria

    Johannes Mischlinger MD, MSc, DTM&H

  2. Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Eva Schernhammer MD, DrPH, MPH, MSc

  3. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

    Eva Schernhammer MD, DrPH, MPH, MSc

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Mischlinger, J., Schernhammer, E. A common trap of diagnostic tests. Wien Klin Wochenschr 129, 583–584 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-017-1204-0

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