Estimating populations of adult Ixodes scapularis in Mississippi using a sequential Bayesian algorithm

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 556-562

  Goddard II, Jerome ^a   Goddard, Jerome ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Ixodes scapularis; Population estimates

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IXODES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IXODES; MISSISSIPPI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 44449117982     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[556:EPOAIS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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