Statistical analysis of highly skewed immune response data

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-114

  McGuinness, David ^a   Bennett, Steve ^b   Riley, Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bootstrap resampling; ELISA OD data; immune response; merozoite surface protein; normal parametric analysis; skewness

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031015671     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(96)00216-5     Document Type: Article

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