Bayesian estimation of sensitivity and specificity of Coxiella burnetii antibody ELISA tests in bovine blood and milk

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 258-263

  Paul, Suman ^a   Toft, Nils ^a   Agerholm, Jørgen S ^a   Christoffersen, Anna Bodil ^b   Agger, Jens F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Cattle; Conditional dependence; Coxiella burnetii; ELISA; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DENMARK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; Q FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COXIELLA BURNETII; DENMARK; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MILK; MONTE CARLO METHOD; Q FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BOS; BOVINAE; COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 84875395455     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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