Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of the modified agglutination test (MAT) and an indirect ELISA for the detection of serum antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in sheep through Bayesian approaches

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-129

  Mainar Jaime, R C ^a   Barberan M ^b  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b Lab Genet Bioquim Grupos S   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Latent class models; Serology; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MODIFIED AGGLUTINATION TEST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BAYES THEOREM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34547206156     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.05.018     Document Type: Article

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