Review Article

Accuracy of Tests for Diagnosis of Animal Tuberculosis: Moving Away from the Golden Calf (and towards Bayesian Models)

Table 1

Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Inclusion criteriaExclusion criteria

Articles written in English or SpanishOther languages
At least one diagnostic test for detection of tuberculosis infection (caused by a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex) is evaluatedConsidered tests aimed at the detection of infection due to nontuberculous (myco) bacteria
Diagnostic tests are applied in either domestic or wild terrestrial animalsTest carried out in humans
The study includes the use of at least one BLCM for evaluation of diagnostic performanceNo BLCMs were used in the study