Research Article

Verifying Elimination Programs with a Special Emphasis on Cysticercosis Endpoints and Postelimination Surveillance

Table 2

Probability of declaring a region is disease-free given that the region has true zero prevalence; a high value of the probability is desirable. Sensitivity is assumed equal to 94%.

Sample size100500250050007500

Taeniasis (specificity 96%)8.7%15.1%48.6%79.8%93.2%
Cysticercosis (specificity 98%)
13.3%33.1%78.7%97.8%99.9%