Use of simulation modeling to estimate herd-level sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of diagnostic tests for detection of tuberculosis in cattle

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1285-1291

  Norby, Bo ^a,c   Bartlett, Paul C ^a   Grooms, Daniel L ^a   Kaneene, John B ^a   Bruning Fann, Colleen S ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HERD; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BOS TAURUS; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 23844510361     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.1285     Document Type: Article

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