Estimating the prevalence of infectious agents using pooled samples: Biometrical considerations

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 289, Issue 5-7, 1999, Pages 550-563

  Abel, Ulrich ^a   Schosser, Rudolf ^b   Süss, Jochen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Hyland Immuno Div Baxter Hlthcare   (Germany)

^c Bundesinstitut F G   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biometry; Disease; Pooling; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033374937     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(99)80009-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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