Sensitivity and specificity of real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, histopathology, and immunohistochemical labeling for the detection of Rift Valley fever virus in naturally infected cattle and sheep

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-60

  Odendaal, Lieza ^a   Fosgate, Geoffrey T ^a   Romito, Marco ^b   Coetzer, Jacobus A W ^a   Clift, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bayesian; diagnosis; histopathology; immunohistochemical labeling; latent class model; real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Rift Valley fever; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL LABELING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LATENT-CLASS MODEL; LIVER DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

BAYESIAN; DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL LABELING; LATENT-CLASS MODEL; REAL-TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER DISEASES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84893923970     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638713516759     Document Type: Article

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