Sample sizes for identifying the key types of container occupied by dengue-vector pupae: The use of entropy in analyses of compositional data

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 100, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Alexander, N ^a   Lenhart, A E ^b   Romero Vivas, C M E ^c   Barbazan, P ^d   Morrison, A C ^e   Barrera, R ^f   Arredondo Jimenez J I ^g   Focks, D A ^h  

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

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE   (Colombia)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^h Infectious Disease Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENTROPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); SAMPLE SIZE; AEDES; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AEDES; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DENGUE; ENTROPY; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUPA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33748667088     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485906X105471     Document Type: Article

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