Evaluation of three serological tests for diagnosis of Maedi-Visna virus infection using latent class analysis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 77-86

  Toft, Nils ^a   Åkerstedt, Johan ^b   Tharaldsen, Jorun ^b   Hopp, Petter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Latent class analysis; Maedi Visna virus; Ovine; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SHEEP DISEASE; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VISNA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NORWAY; PNEUMONIA, PROGRESSIVE INTERSTITIAL, OF SHEEP; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SHEEP; VISNA-MAEDI VIRUS;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; VISNA/MAEDI VIRUS;

EID: 33846438297     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.10.025     Document Type: Article

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