Comparing parasite numbers between samples of hosts

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 689-691

  Neuhäuser, Markus ^a   Poulin, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; HOST; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE NUMBER; PARASITISM; PROBABILITY; RANK SUM TEST; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; WELCH T STATISTICAL METHOD;

ANIMALS; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PARASITES; PROBABILITY;

EID: 4344676827     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-256R     Document Type: Article

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