Estimating the true prevalence of Fasciola hepatica in cattle slaughtered in Switzerland in the absence of an absolute diagnostic test

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1153-1158

  Rapsch, C ^a   Schweizer, G ^a   Grimm, F ^a   Kohler, L ^a   Bauer, C ^b   Deplazes, P ^a   Braun, U ^a   Torgerson, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Zentralschlachthof Hinwil ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Diagnosis; Fasciola hepatica; Latent class models; Markov Chain Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; CATTLE; DEFINITIVE HOST; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FLATWORM; IMMUNOASSAY; MEAT; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BILE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATTLE; COPROSCOPY; COW; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTROL; GALLBLADDER; HEALTH SURVEY; LIVER; MICROSCOPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SEDIMENTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWITZERLAND;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BILE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; FOOD INSPECTION; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LIVER; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

BOS TAURUS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA;

EID: 33747134345     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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