An update on FIV and FeLV test performance using a Bayesian statistical approach

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-147

  Pinches, Mark D G ^a   Diesel, Gillian ^b   Helps, Christopher R ^a   Tasker, Séverine ^a   Egan, Kathy ^a   Gruffydd Jones, Tim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Feline immunodeficiency virus; Feline leukemia virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS;

EID: 34250377941     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2007.tb00200.x     Document Type: Article

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