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Bayesian analysis is increasingly being used as an analytical technique in epidemiology. The '''[http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/bugs/ WinBUGS]''' and '''[http://www.openbugs.info/w/ OpenBUGS]''' software packages are commonly used for these analyses, although other statistical packages (such as '''[http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cmm/software/mlwin/ MLwIN]''' are also able to use Bayesian methodology.  

Bayesian analysis is increasingly being used as an analytical technique in epidemiology. The '''[http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/bugs/ WinBUGS]''' and '''[http://www.openbugs.info/w/ OpenBUGS]''' software packages are commonly used for these analyses, although other statistical packages (such as '''[http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cmm/software/mlwin/ MLwIN]''' are also able to use Bayesian methodology.  

WinBUGS code for a variety of situations such as diagnostic test evaluation, disease prevalence estimation and disease presence determination can be found at '''Bayesian Epidemiologic Screening Technique (BEST)''' http://www.epi.ucdavis.edu/diagnostictests/home.html <br>

* WinBUGS code for a variety of situations such as diagnostic test evaluation, disease prevalence estimation and disease presence determination can be found at '''Bayesian Epidemiologic Screening Technique (BEST)''' http://www.epi.ucdavis.edu/diagnostictests/home.html <br>

All the programs below are also taken from this site.

All the programs below are also taken from this site.

'''Bayesfreecalc1''' ''(Determines the posterior probability that the prevalence, in a population of a given size with a given number of positive test positive individuals out of a sample of a given size, truly exceeds some predetermined threshold/cut-off value)'' http://www.epi.ucdavis.edu/diagnostictests/module02.html

* '''Bayesfreecalc1''' ''(Determines the posterior probability that the prevalence, in a population of a given size with a given number of positive test positive individuals out of a sample of a given size, truly exceeds some predetermined threshold/cut-off value)'' http://www.epi.ucdavis.edu/diagnostictests/module02.html

'''Bayesfreecalc2''' ''(Determines the required sample size in order to detect pathogen presence, accounting for imperfect diagnostic tests and sampling without replacement)'' http://www.epi.ucdavis.edu/diagnostictests/module02.html

* '''Bayesfreecalc2''' ''(Determines the required sample size in order to detect pathogen presence, accounting for imperfect diagnostic tests and sampling without replacement)'' http://www.epi.ucdavis.edu/diagnostictests/module02.html

'''BDFree1''' ''(sample size calculation to estimate disease freedom, using Bayesian methodology - same program as Bayesfreecalc2)'' http://www.epi.ucdavis.edu/diagnostictests/software.html

* '''BDFree1''' ''(sample size calculation to estimate disease freedom, using Bayesian methodology - same program as Bayesfreecalc2)'' http://www.epi.ucdavis.edu/diagnostictests/software.html

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