Field evaluation of an equine influenza ELISA used in New South Wales during the 2007 Australian outbreak response

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 382-385

  Sergeant, Evan S G ^a   Kirkland, Peter D ^b   Cowled, Brendan D ^c  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

bELISA; Equine influenza; Receiver operating characteristic; ROC

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N8; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N8 SUBTYPE; NEW SOUTH WALES; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EQUIDAE; INFLUENZAVIRUS A;

EID: 70350610652     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.08.025     Document Type: Article

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