Likelihood ratio estimation without a gold standard: A case study evaluating a brucellosis c-ELISA in cattle and water buffalo of Trinidad

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 189-205

  Fosgate, G T ^a   Adesiyun, A A ^b   Hird, D W ^c   Hietala, S K ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Brucellosis; Cattle; ELISA; Likelihood ratio; LR; No gold standard; Trinidad; Water buffalo

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BAYES THEOREM; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 33745726028     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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