Determining the infection status of a herd

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 469-485

  Hanson, Timothy E ^a   Johnson, Wesley O ^b   Gardner, Ian A ^b   Georgiadis, Marios P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Gibbs sampling; Prevalence; Screening test; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; LIVESTOCK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 4444320885     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/1085711032561     Document Type: Article

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