Estimation of the relative risk of developing clinical scrapie: The role of prion protein (PrP) genotype and selection bias

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 43-50

  Tongue, S C ^a   Pfeiffer, D U ^c   Warner, R ^d   Elliott, H ^b,e   Del Rio Vilas, V ^a  

^a Centre for Epidemiology and Risk Analysis   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCRAPIE; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 31544467038     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.2.43     Document Type: Article

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