Statistical analysis of the dynamics of antibody loss to a disease-causing agent: Plague in natural populations of great gerbils as an example

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 57-64

  Park, Siyun ^a   Chan, Kung Sik ^b   Viljugrein, Hildegunn ^c   Nekrassova, Larissa ^d   Suleimenov, Bakhtiyar ^d   Ageyev, Vladimir S ^d   Klassovskiy, Nikolay L ^d   Pole, Sergey B ^d   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Masgut Aikimbayev National Scientific Center for Especially Dangerous Infections of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Continuous time Markov chain; Generalized nonlinear mixed effect model; Serology; Specific immunity; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; GERBIL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KAZAKHSTAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PLAGUE; PROBABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

RHOMBOMYS OPIMUS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 33846874593     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0160     Document Type: Article

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