Development of a method for Bayesian nonparametric ROC analysis with application to an ELISA for Johne's disease in dairy cattle

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 178-193

  Fosgate, Geoffrey T ^a   Scott, H Morgan ^a   Jordan, Ellen R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Dairy cattle; ELISA; Johne's disease; Likelihood ratio; Paratuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 34347248696     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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