Bayesian inference for within-herd prevalence of Leptospira interrogans serovar Hardjo using bulk milk antibody testing

Biostatistics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 719-728

  Lewis, Fraser I ^a   Gunn, George J ^a   McKendrick, Iain J ^b   Murray, Fiona M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Latent class analysis; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOSTATISTICS; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PATHOGENICITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOSTATISTICS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MILK; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR HARDJO;

EID: 74349126317     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxp026     Document Type: Article

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