Impact of imperfect test sensitivity on determining risk factors: The case of bovine tuberculosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Szmaragd, Camille ^a   Green, Laura E ^b   Medley, Graham F ^b   Browne, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; HERD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE INTRADERMAL COMPARATIVE CERVICAL TUBERCULIN TEST; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENGLAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84865060477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043116     Document Type: Article

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