Factors affecting sensitivity and specificity of pooled-sample testing for diagnosis of low prevalence infections

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 309-322

  Muñoz Zanzi, Claudia ^a   Thurmond, Mark ^b   Hietala, Sharon ^c   Johnson, Wesley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BVDV; Diagnostic screening; Monte Carlo simulation; Pooled sample testing

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BOVINE VIRUS DIARRHEA-MUCOSAL DISEASE; CATTLE; DIARRHEA VIRUSES, BOVINE VIRAL; DNA, VIRAL; MASS SCREENING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1;

EID: 33646438692     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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