Interpretation of a commercial bovine paratuberculosis enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay by using likelihood ratios

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1367-1371

  Collins, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CATTLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FECES CULTURE; HERD; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0036843813     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.9.6.1367-1371.2002     Document Type: Article

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