Short report: Detection probability of arbovirus infection in mosquito populations

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 636-638

  Gu, Weidong ^a   Novak, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION RATE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOOLOGY;

ARBOVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 10044297261     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.636     Document Type: Article

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