Evaluation of ELISA test characteristics and estimation of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in Dutch sheep using mixture models

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 232-240

  Opsteegh, Marieke ^a,b   Teunis, Peter ^a   Mensink, Marieke ^a   Züchner, Lothar ^c   Titilincu, Adriana ^d   Langelaar, Merel ^a   van der Giessen, Joke ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

Author keywords

ELISA; Mixed models; Prevalence; Sensitivity and specificity; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STANDARD; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BAYES THEOREM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; ZOONOSES;

OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77956011719     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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