Assessment of arbovirus vector infection rates using variable size pooling

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 200-204

  Gu, W ^a   Lampman, R ^a   Novak, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus vector; Chicago; Culex pipiens; Cx. restuans; Maximum likelihood estimation; Minimum infection rate; Pool testing; U.S.A.; Variable size pooling; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; INFECTIVITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MONITORING; MOSQUITO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULEX; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULEX; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 2942587007     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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