Evaluation of the sensitivity and specificity of bovine tuberculosis diagnostic tests in naturally infected cattle herds using a Bayesian approach

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-43

  Álvarez, Julio ^a   Perez, Andrés ^b,c   Bezos, Javier ^d   Marqués, Sergio ^e   Grau, Anna ^e   Saez, Jose Luis ^f   Mínguez, Olga ^e   De Juan, Lucía ^d   Domínguez, Lucas ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e Servicio de Programas de Salud y Prevención de la Dirección Técnica de Recursos Humanos y Gestión de Centros Gerencia de Servicios Sociales   (Spain)

^f Alimentación y Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian modeling; Cattle; Diagnosis; Interferon gamma; Skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; INTERFERON GAMMA ASSAY; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE INTRADERMAL TUBERCULIN TEST; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84855865297     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.07.034     Document Type: Article

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