Conditional dependence between tests affects the diagnosis and surveillance of animal diseases

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 107-122

  Gardner, Ian A ^a   Stryhn, Henrik ^b   Lind, Peter ^b   Collins, Michael T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined tests; Conditional dependence; Kappa; Parallel testing; Sensitivity; Serial testing; Specificity; Test covariance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034732864     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(00)00119-7     Document Type: Article

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