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So far the prevalence and the FOI were estimated within the frequentist framework. In this chapter we estimate the prevalence and the FOI within the Bayesian framework. We refer to Sect. B.5 of Appendix B for an introduction to Bayesian inference.
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Hens, N., Shkedy, Z., Aerts, M., Faes, C., Van Damme, P., Beutels, P. (2012). Hierarchical Bayesian Models for the Force of Infection. In: Modeling Infectious Disease Parameters Based on Serological and Social Contact Data. Statistics for Biology and Health, vol 63. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4072-7_10
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