Statistical evaluation of test accuracy studies for toxoplasma gondii in food animal intermediate hosts

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-94

  Gardner, I A ^a   Greiner, M ^b   Dubey, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test evaluation; Latent class analysis; Likelihood ratios; Receiver operating characteristic analysis; Test accuracy; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; MEAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 74049123096     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01281.x     Document Type: Review

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