Age-stratified Bayesian analysis to estimate sensitivity and specificity of four diagnostic tests for detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts in neonatal calves

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-84

  De Waele, Valerie ^a,b   Berzano, Marco ^a,b   Berkvens, Dirk ^c   Speybroeck, Niko ^d   Lowery, Colm ^e   Mulcahy, Grace M ^b   Murphy, Thomas M ^a  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURAMINE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHENOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; CALF (BOVINE); CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIARRHEA; MICROSCOPY; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; STAINING;

BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.;

EID: 78650876382     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01424-10     Document Type: Article

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