Applying Concepts of Causal Inference to Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis.
Bradford Hill viewpoints
Causal inference
Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis
Moraxella
Study design
Journal
The Veterinary clinics of North America. Food animal practice
ISSN: 1558-4240
Titre abrégé: Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8511905
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2021
Jul 2021
Historique:
entrez:
29
5
2021
pubmed:
30
5
2021
medline:
22
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Establishing causation, otherwise known as causal assessment, is a difficult task, made more difficult by the variety of causal assessment frameworks available to consider. In this article, Bradford Hill viewpoints are used to discuss the evidence base for Moraxella bovis and Moraxella bovoculi being component causes of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis. Each of the nine Bradford Hill viewpoints are introduced and explained: strength, consistency, specificity, temporality, biologic gradient, plausibility, coherence, experiment, and analogy. Examples of how the viewpoints have been applied for other causal relations are provided, and then the evidence base for M bovis and M bovoculi is discussed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34049658
pii: S0749-0720(21)00022-0
doi: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2021.03.003
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doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
267-278Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Inc.