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Seasonal patterns of tuberculosis case notification in the tropics of Africa: A six-year trend analysis in Ethiopia by Gashu, Z, Jerene, D, Datiko, D G, Hiruy, N, Negash, S, Melkieneh, K, Bekele, D, Nigussie, G, Suarez, P G, Hadgu, A

“…Seasonal variations affect the health system's functioning, including tuberculosis (TB) services, but there is little evidence about seasonal variations in TB…”
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Prevalence, Clinical Profile and Risk Factors of Nosocomial Infection in Ayder Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Tigray, Ethiopia by Mohamed, Abdikarin Ahmed, Haftu, Hansa, Hadgu, Amanuel, Seyoum, Dawit, Gebrekidan, Goitom, Ebrahim, Mohamedawel Mohamedniguss, Yusuf, Abdisalam Abdullahi, Mustefa, Mohammed

“…Background: Hospital-acquired infection (HAI) is a significant cause of increased morbidity and mortality amongst hospitalized patients and represents a…”
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Reproducibility and specificity concerns associated with nucleic acid amplification tests for detecting Chlamydia trachomatis by Hadgu, A, Sternberg, M

“…Commercial nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) have become one of the most frequently used tests for detecting Chalmydia trachomatis. However, published…”
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Discrepant analysis is an inappropriate and unscientific method by Hadgu, A

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A biomedical application of latent class models with random effects by Hadgu, A., Qu, Y.

“…Traditional latent class modelling has been used in many biomedical settings. Unfortunately, many of these applications assume that the diagnostic tests are…”
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Prevalence of Genital Chlamydial Infection in Young Women Entering a National Job Training Program, 1990-1997 by Mertz, Kristen J, Ransom, Raymond L, St. Louis, Michael E, Groseclose, Samuel L, Hadgu, Alula, Levine, William C, Hayman, Charles

“…This analysis describes trends in the prevalence of genital chlamydial infection in economically disadvantaged young women entering a national job training…”
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Epidemiology of Repeat Ectopic Pregnancy: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study by SKJELDESTAD, F E, HADGU, A, ERIKSSON, N

“…OBJECTIVETo study infectious pathology at index ectopic pregnancy and to determine what other factors predispose a woman to repeat ectopic pregnancy…”
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Analysis of ectopic pregnancy data using marginal and conditional models by Hadgu, A., Koch, G., Westrom, L.

“…This work is motivated by a longitudinal study of women and their ectopic pregnancy outcomes in Lund, Sweden. In this article, we review and apply the…”
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APPLICATION OF GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS TO A DENTAL RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL by Hadgu, Alula, Koch, Gary

“…Longitudinal data present statistical problems of interest in clinical trials and epidemiologic studies. In this article, we consider a dental clinical trial…”
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Neonatal Seizure Pattern, Outcome, and its Predictors Among Neonates Admitted to NICU of Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia by Weldegerima, Kiros, Gebremariam, Dawit Seyoum, Haftu, Hansa, Berhe, Gebretsadik, Hadgu, Amanuel, Mohammedamin, Mohammed Mustefa

“…Background: Seizure is the most frequently observed symptom of neurological disorders and an important determinant of outcome during neonatal period. In…”
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Treatment of external genital warts: a randomised clinical trial comparing podophyllin, cryotherapy, and electrodesiccation by Stone, K M, Becker, T M, Hadgu, A, Kraus, S J

“…Four hundred and fifty patients were enrolled into a randomised clinical trial in a public sexually transmitted diseases clinic to evaluate the efficacy of…”
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Evaluation of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests in the Absence of a Perfect Gold-Standard Test: A Review of the Statistical and Epidemiologic Issues by Hadgu, Alula, Dendukuri, Nandini, Hilden, Joergen

“…During the past 10 years, medical diagnostic testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has changed markedly as a result of the rapid expansion and…”
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Problems associated with reproducibility, validity and confirmation of nucleic acid amplification tests for detecting Chlamydia trachomatis by Hadgu, A., Sternberg, M.

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Discrepant Analysis: A Biased and an Unscientific Method for Estimating Test Sensitivity and Specificity by Hadgu, Alula

“…Discrepant analysis is a widely used technique for estimating test performance indices (sensitivity, specificity, etc.) of DNA-amplification tests for…”
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The discrepancy in discrepant analysis by Hadgu, A

“…Discrepant analysis is a widely used technique that attempts to provide estimates of sensitivity and specificity in the presence of an imperfect gold-standard…”
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Sentinel surveillance of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women terminating pregnancy by Skjeldestad, F E, Nordbø, S A, Hadgu, A

“…AIMS: To evaluate demographic characteristics of women terminating their pregnancy for sentinel surveillance of Chlamydia trachomatis infection and to report…”
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Issues in Chlamydia trachomatis Testing by Nucleic Acid Amplification Test by Hadgu, Alula

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BIAS IN THE EVALUATION OF DNA-AMPLIFICATION TESTS FOR DETECTING CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS by HADGU, ALULA

“…The purpose of this paper is to show that the sensitivity and specificity estimates obtained by ‘discrepant analysis’ are biased. Discrepant analysis is a…”
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Primary pulmonary choriocarcinoma in a male by Hadgu, Akberet, Tindni, Arshdeep, Panda, Mukta

“…The authors report a case of a 48-year-old male smoker who presented with respiratory distress and constitutional symptoms along with gynaecomastia and…”
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A Model for Evaluating Sensitivity and Specificity for Correlated Diagnostic Tests in Efficacy Studies with an Imperfect Reference Test by Qu, Yinsheng, Hadgu, Alula

“…The purpose of a diagnostic efficacy study is to evaluate and compare the sensitivities and specificities of several diagnostic tests. Usually the diagnostic…”
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