Estimation of sensitivity, specificity and predictive values of two serologic tests for the detection of antibodies against actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 2 in the absence of a reference test (gold standard)

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 227-243

  Enøe, Claes ^b   Andersen, Søren ^a   Sørensen, Vibeke ^c   Willeberg, Preben ^d  

^a Danske Slagterier   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; Bayesian estimation; Complement fixation test; ELISA; Gibbs sampling; Maximum likelihood; Predictive value; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; DENMARK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BAYES THEOREM; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; DENMARK; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0035846222     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(01)00226-4     Document Type: Article

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