Summary receiver operating characteristics (SROC) and hierarchical SROC models for analysis of diagnostic test evaluations of antibody ELISAs for paratuberculosis

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-255

  Toft, Nils ^a   Nielsen, Søren S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Area under curve; ELISA; Hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristics; Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis; Paratuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; METHODOLOGY; PARATUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; PARATUBERCULOSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70349823179     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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