The selection of ELISA cut-off points for testing antibody to Newcastle disease by two-graph receiver operating characteristic (TG-ROC) analysis

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-64

  Xu, Hui ^a   Lohr, Jürgen ^b   Greiner, Matthias ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b Staatliches Tierarztliches U   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cut off point; Efficiency; ELISA; HI test; ND; Sensitivity and specificity; Two graph receiver operating characteristic (TG ROC) analysis; Virology; Youden's index

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMANY; NEWCASTLE DISEASE; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

AVES;

EID: 0031459547     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(97)00128-2     Document Type: Article

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