Development of a multiplex assay for the detection of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in horses and its validation using Bayesian and conventional statistical methods

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 374-381

  Wagner, Bettina ^a   Freer, Heather ^a   Rollins, Alicia ^a   Erb, Hollis N ^a   Lu, Zhao ^a   Gröhn, Yrjo ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Equine; High throughput analysis; Lyme disease; Outer surface protein; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A ANTIBODY; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN C; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN C ANTIBODY; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN F; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN F ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HORSE; IMMUNOASSAY; MULTIPLEX ASSAY; NONHUMAN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BAYES THEOREM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FLUORESCENCE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOASSAY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; MICROSPHERES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; EQUIDAE; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 81555198409     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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